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verb (used with object)

to set (a boat or ship) in the water.

to float (a newly constructed boat or ship) usually by allowing to slide down inclined ways into the water.

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.

to start (a person) on a course, career, etc.

to set going; initiate: to launch a scheme.

to throw; hurl: to launch a spear.

to start (a new venture) or promote (a new product): They launched a new breakfast cereal.

Computers. to start (a software program).

verb (used without object)

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.

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noun

11.

the act of launching.

Origin:
1300–50; late Middle English launche < Anglo-French lancher < Late Latin lanceāre to wield a lance; see lance¹

Related forms

launch·a·ble, adjective

un·launched, adjective

well-launched, adjective

Synonyms
5. inaugurate, institute.

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launch¹ (lɔːntʃ)

—vb (foll by into) (usually foll by out) (usually foll by out)
1.	to move (a vessel) into the water
2.	to move (a newly built vessel) into the water for the first time
3.	(tr)
	a. to start off or set in motion: to launch a scheme
	b. to put (a new product) on the market
4.	(tr) to propel with force
5.	to involve (oneself) totally and enthusiastically: to launch oneself into work
6.	(tr) to set (a missile, spacecraft, etc) into motion
7.	(tr) to catapult (an aircraft), as from the deck of an aircraft carrier
8.	to start talking or writing (about): he launched into a story
9.	to start (out) on a fresh course
10.	informal to spend a lot of money

—n
11.	an act or instance of launching

[C14: from Anglo-French lancher, from Late Latin lanceāre to use a lance, hence, to set in motion. See lance]

launch² (lɔːntʃ)

—n
1.	a motor driven boat used chiefly as a transport boat
2.	the largest of the boats of a man-of-war

[C17: via Spanish lancha and Portuguese from Malay lancharan boat, from lanchar speed]

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Word Origin & History

launch

c.1300, from O.N.Fr. lancher (O.Fr. lancier) "to fling, hurl, throw, cast," from L.L. lanceare "wield a lance," from L. lancea "light spear" (see lance). Sense of "set (a boat) afloat" first recorded c.1400, from notion of throwing it out on the water; generalized by 1600 to "any sort of beginning."

launch

"large boat carried on a warship," 1697, from Port. lancha "barge, launch," apparently from Malay lancharan, from lanchar "quick, agile;" Eng. spelling infl. by launch (v.).

Slang Dictionary

launch (one's lunch) definition

tv. & in.
to empty one's stomach; to vomit. : When I saw that mess, I almost launched my lunch.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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