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Launch   /lɔntʃ/   Listen
Launch

noun
1.
A motorboat with an open deck or a half deck.
2.
The act of propelling with force.  Synonym: launching.
verb
(past & past part. launched; pres. part. launching)  (Written also lanch)
1.
Set up or found.  Synonyms: establish, found, set up.  Antonym: abolish.
2.
Propel with force.  "Launch a ship"
3.
Launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage.
4.
Begin with vigor.  Synonym: plunge.  "She plunged into a dangerous adventure"
5.
Get going; give impetus to.  Synonym: set in motion.  "Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process"
6.
Smoothen the surface of.



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"Launch" Quotes from Famous Books



... instead of the chains of the present day, were completed, the workmen took them upon their shoulders and marched with them in procession to the vessel, headed by a drum and fife. The building of the Essex was thus an effort of city pride and local patriotism; and the launch, which took place on the 30th of September, 1799, became an occasion of general rejoicing and holiday, witnessed by thousands of spectators and greeted by salutes from the battery and shipping. The new frigate measured 850 tons, and cost, independent of guns and stores, ...
— Admiral Farragut • A. T. Mahan
... hangs over the parentage of Roy Gilbert. He arranges with two schoolmates to make a tour of the Great Lakes on a steam launch. The three boys visit many points of interest on the lakes. Afterwards the lads rescue an elderly gentleman and a lady from a sinking yacht. Later on the boys narrowly escape with their lives. The hero is a manly, self-reliant ...
— Adrift on the Pacific • Edward S. Ellis
... it is necessary to remember that we have only begun to probe the environment immediately surrounding the earth. Using launch systems presently available, we are developing satellites to scout the world's weather; satellite relay stations to facilitate and extend communications over the globe; for navigation aids to give accurate bearings to ships and aircraft; and ...
— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various
... by what means that object had been transported in front of his desk. The archway from the ante-room was crowded with punkah-pullers, sweepers, police peons, the coxswain and crew of the harbour steam-launch, all craning their necks and almost climbing on each other's backs. Quite a riot. By that time the fellow had managed to tug and jerk his hat clear of his head, and advanced with slight bows at Ruthvel, who told me the sight was so discomposing that for some time he listened, quite unable to make ...
— Lord Jim • Joseph Conrad
... however, before they had all the sails snugged up shipshape, although in the meantime the quarantine launch had hove alongside, investigated, and removed those of the crew who still lived. Shortly thereafter the coroner came and removed the dead, after which Gibney and McGuffey hosed down the deck, located some hard tack ...
— Captain Scraggs - or, The Green-Pea Pirates • Peter B. Kyne


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