launch
Meaning
n 1: a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck2: the act of propelling with force [syn: launching]
v 1: set up or found; "She set up a literacy program" [syn: establish,
set up, found] [ant: abolish]
2: propel with force; "launch the space shuttle"; "Launch a
ship"
3: launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage;
"launch a ship"
4: begin with vigor; "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She
plunged into a dangerous adventure" [syn: plunge]
5: get going; give impetus to; "launch a career"; "Her actions
set in motion a complicated judicial process" [syn: set
in motion]
6: smoothen the surface of; "float plaster"