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launch

1  [lawnch, lahnch]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to set (a boat or ship) in the water.
2. to float (a newly constructed boat or ship) usually by allowing to slide down inclined ways into the water.
3. to send forth, catapult, or release, as a self-propelled vehicle or weapon: Rockets were launched midway in the battle. The submarine launched its torpedoes and dived rapidly.
4. to start (a person) on a course, career, etc.
5. to set going; initiate: to launch a scheme.
6. to throw; hurl: to launch a spear.
7. to start (a new venture) or promote (a new product): They launched a new breakfast cereal.
8. Computers. to start (a software program).
–verb (used without object)
9. to burst out or plunge boldly or directly into action, speech, etc.
10. to start out or forth; push out or put forth on the water.
–noun
11. the act of launching.
Origin:
1300–50; late ME launche < AF lancher < LL lanceāre to wield a lance; see lance 1

Related forms:
launch⋅a⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
5. inaugurate, institute.

launch

2  [lawnch, lahnch]
–noun
1. a heavy open or half-decked boat propelled by oars or by an engine.
2. a large utility boat carried by a warship.
Origin:
1690–1700; < Sp, Pg lancha, earlier Pg lanchara, first attested in 1515 in an account of boats encountered near the Strait of Malacca; of unclear orig.; neither Malay lancar “swift” nor Rom outcomes of LL lanceāre (see launch 1 ) are fully convincing as sources; mod. Malay lanca is < Pg
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launch 1   (lônch, länch)   
v.   launched, launch·ing, launch·es

v.   tr.
    1. To throw or propel with force; hurl: launch a spear.
    2. To set or thrust (a self-propelled craft or projectile) in motion: launch a rocket; launch a torpedo.
  2. Nautical To put (a boat) into the water in readiness for use.
  3. To set going; initiate: launch a career; launch a business venture.
  4. To introduce to the public or to a market: launched the new perfume with prime-time commercials on the major networks.
  5. To give (someone) a start, as in a career or vocation.
v.   intr.
  1. To begin a new venture or phase; embark: launch forth on a dangerous mission; launched out on her own after college.
  2. To enter enthusiastically into something; plunge: launched into a description of the movie.
n.  The act of launching.

[Middle English launchen, from Old North French lancher, from Latin lanceāre, to wield a lance, from lancea, lance; see lance.]
launch 2   (lônch, länch)   
n.  
  1. A large ship's boat.
  2. A large, open motorboat.

[Probably alteration (probably influenced by launch1) of Malay lancha.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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