English dictionary

launch

/l/O/n/tS/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck

noun.artifact

Source: WordNet 3.0
the act of propelling with force

noun.act

Synonyms launching

Source: WordNet 3.0
The act of launching.

noun

Source: webster1913

set up or found

verb.social

Synonyms establish found set up

Antonyms abolish get rid of

Source: WordNet 3.0
propel with force

verb.contact

Examples
Launch the space shuttle.

Launch a ship.

Source: WordNet 3.0
launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage

verb.contact

Examples
Launch a ship.

Source: WordNet 3.0
begin with vigor

verb.change

Examples
He launched into a long diatribe.

Synonyms plunge

Source: WordNet 3.0
get going; give impetus to

verb.contact

Examples
Launch a career.

Synonyms set in motion

Source: WordNet 3.0
smoothen the surface of

verb.contact

Examples
Launch plaster.

Source: WordNet 3.0
To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.

verb

Source: webster1913
To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to make a beginning; as, to launch into the current of a stream; to launch into an argument or discussion; to launch into lavish expenditures; -- often with out.

verb

Source: webster1913