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