| Launch (launch) |
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| v. i. | (länch) |
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| Launch |
| [imp. *** p. p. Launched (lä]ncht);
p. pr. *** vb. n. Launching.] [OE.
launchen to throw as a lance, OF. lanchier, another
form of lancier, F. lancer, fr. lanc |
To throw, as a lance or dart] to hurl; to let fly.
To strike with, or as with, a lance; to
pierce.
To cause to move or slide from the land
into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship.
To send out; to start (one) on a career;
to set going; to give a start to (something); to put in operation;
as, to launch a son in the world; to launch a business
project or enterprise.
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| Launch (launch) |
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| v. i. | |
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| Launch |
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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.
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The
act of launching.
The movement of a vessel from land into
the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which
it is built.
The boat of the largest size belonging to a ship of war; also,
an open boat of any size driven by steam, naphtha, electricity, or
the like.
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