Launch
[lɔːntʃ] or [lɔntʃ]
Definition
(noun.) a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck.
(verb.) smoothen the surface of; 'launch plaster'.
(verb.) propel with force; 'launch the space shuttle'; 'Launch a ship'.
(verb.) get going; give impetus to; 'launch a career'; 'Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process'.
(verb.) launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage; 'launch a ship'.
Editor: Ozzie--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.
(v. i.) To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce.
(v. i.) To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) 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.
(n.) The act of launching.
(n.) The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built.
(n.) 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.
Typist: Ollie
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Throw, hurl, cast, dart, lance.[2]. Slide from the stocks (as a ship).
v. n. Enlarge, expatiate, descant, dilate, launch out.
Typed by Ewing
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Propel, hurl, embark, expatiate, enlarge
ANT:Repress, recall, ignore, avoid
Checker: Max
Definition
v.t. to throw as a lance or spear: (Shak.) to pierce or cut with a lance: to send forth: to cause to slide into the water.—v.i. to go forth as a ship into the water: to come into new relations make a transition.—n. act of launching or moving a newly-built ship from the stocks into the water: the largest boat carried by a man-of-war: (Spens.) a lancing.—n.pl. Launch′ing-ways the timbers on which a ship is launched.—n. Steam′-launch a large passenger-boat propelled by steam-power and used largely on rivers.
Typist: Toni
Examples
- Slowly the launch drifted round in a pathetic, clumsy circle, and slunk away to the land, retreating into the dimness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The launch twanged and hooted, somebody was singing. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The launch began gradually to beat the waters. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The little pleasure-launch was fussing out from the shore, twanging its music, crowded with people, flapping its paddles. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- What a launch in life I think it now, on looking back, to be so mean and servile to a man of such parts and pretensions! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The half-dark waters were sprinkled with lovely bubbles of swaying lights, the launch did not look far off. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- You'll try to launch the boats, at all events, said Crispin quickly. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- She was built by the William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company, of Philadelphia, was launched Oct. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Getting another boy with difficulty to volunteer, he launched out on his errand in the pitch-black night. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The phonograph was now fairly launched as a world sensation, and a reference to the newspapers of 1878 will show the extent to which it and Edison were themes of universal discussion. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The insurgents gathered at the H?tel de Ville, and on the tenth of August the Commune launched an attack on the palace of the Tuileries. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This steam-vessel was launched at New York in 1807, and was called the Clermont, the name of Mr. Livingstone's residence on the banks of the Hudson. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Gulping down all further comment, he launched into his customary discours. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Stockton_ (the latter built by the Lairds of Birkenhead and launched in 1837). William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Langley' s method of launching had been proved practical, but Curtiss finally deci ded to start from the water, and accordingly fitted the aeroplane with hydroae roplane floats. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- This smal ler machine was tested August 8, 1903, the same launching apparatus being employed as with the steam-driven models of 1896. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The old method of launching the plane from a hill gave little chance for a real test. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- As he had no idea of deceiving her, and always desired to please her, he was thus made chary of launching into expense. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He also constructed new launching apparatus. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Again difficulty occurred with the launching gear, the rear wings and rudder being wrecked before the aeroplane was clear of the ways. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- But in spite of this launching at the hands of the most eminent scientists, business men could see little future for the new machine. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Modern science uses the force of such exploding gases for the accomplishment of work, such as running of automobiles and launches. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The use of gasoline in launches and automobiles is familiar to many. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Fig. 70 is a longitudinal section and a general view of one of these launches. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- These vapour engines are used for vapour launches, bicycles and automobiles. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Electric launches have in later years rapidly gained in popularity. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- IN WHICH THE OLD MAN LAUNCHES FORTH INTO HIS FAVOURITE THEME, AND RELATES A STORY ABOUT A QUEER CLIENT 'Aha! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Not only are launches and automobiles making use of gas power, but the gasoline engine has made it possible to propel a?roplanes through the air. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
Checker: Myrna