launch
noun
1. a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck
Definition categories: man–made, motorboat, powerboat
2. the act of propelling with force
Similar word(s): launching
Definition categories: act, actuation, propulsion
verb
1. set up or found
Similar word(s): establish, found
Definition categories: social, open
2. propel with force
- launch the space shuttle
Definition categories: contact, impel, propel
3. launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage
- launch a ship
Definition categories: contact, launch
4. begin with vigor
- He launched into a long diatribe
Similar word(s): plunge
Definition categories: change, begin, commence, get, start
5. get going; give impetus to
- launch a career
Definition categories: contact, displace, move
6. smoothen the surface of
- launch plaster
Definition categories: contact, smooth, smoothen
Sentences with launch as a verb:
- The navy launched another ship.
- Our business launched a new project.
- to launch into an argument or discussion;