launch

Plural: launches

Noun

a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck
the act of propelling with force
The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. (Compare: to splash a ship.)
The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.).
An event held to celebrate the launch of a ship/vessel, project, a new book, etc.; a launch party.
The boat of the largest size and/or of most importance belonging to a ship of war, and often called the "captain's boat" or "captain's launch".
A boat used to convey guests to and from a yacht.
An open boat of any size powered by steam, petrol, electricity, etc.

Verb

Verb Forms: launched, launching, launches

To start or set in motion, often forcefully.
set up or found
propel with force
- "launch the space shuttle"
- "Launch a ship"
launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage
- "launch a ship"
begin with vigor
- "He launched into a long diatribe"
get going; give impetus to
- "launch a career"
smoothen the surface of
- "launch plaster"
To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.
To pierce with, or as with, a lance.
To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat.
To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground.
To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation
To start (a program or feature); to execute or bring into operation.
To release; to put onto the market for sale
Of a ship, rocket, balloon, etc.: to depart on a voyage; to take off.
To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin.
To start to operate.

Examples

After clicking the icon, the application will launch.
book launch
Double-click an icon to launch the associated application.
He decided to LAUNCH his best word, a seven-letter bingo, right over the double letter.
NASA launched several unmanned rockets before launching any of the Mercury astronauts.
Our business launched a new project.
product launch
The navy launched another ship.
to launch into an argument or discussion
to launch into lavish expenditures

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English launchen (“to throw as a lance”), Old French lanchier, another form (Old Northern French/Norman variant, compare Jèrriais lanchi) of lancier, French lancer, from lance.

Synonyms

establish, found, launching, plunge, set in motion, set up, bung, cast, chuck, chunk, cook, dash, dump, feck, fling, heave, hield, hoy, huck, hurl, hurtle, jerk, lance, launch, lob, peck, peg, pick, pierce, pitch, precipitate, project, quoit, shy, skew, slight, sling, thrill, throw, toss, traject, warp, whang, whip, whop, wing

Antonyms

abolish

Scrabble Score: 11

launch: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
launch: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
launch: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

launch: valid Words With Friends Word