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Definitions for Launch

[1] to set (a boat or ship) in the water.
[2] to float (a newly constructed boat or ship) usually by allowing to slide down inclined ways into the water.
[3] to send forth, catapult, or release, as a self-propelled vehicle or weapon: Rockets were launched midway in the battle. The submarine launched its torpedoes and dived rapidly.
[4] to start (a person) on a course, career, etc.
[5] to set going; initiate: to launch a scheme.
[6] to throw; hurl: to launch a spear.
[7] to start (a new venture) or promote (a new product): They launched a new breakfast cereal.
[8] Computers . to start (a software program).
[9] to burst out or plunge boldly or directly into action, speech, etc.
[10] to start out or forth; push out or put forth on the water.
[11] the act of launching.
[12] a heavy open or half-decked boat propelled by oars or by an engine.
[13] a large utility boat carried by a warship.
[14] to move (a vessel) into the water
[15] to move (a newly built vessel) into the water for the first time
[16] (tr) to start off or set in motion to launch a scheme to put (a new product) on the market
[17] (tr) to propel with force
[18] to involve (oneself) totally and enthusiastically to launch oneself into work
[19] (tr) to set (a missile, spacecraft, etc) into motion
[20] (tr) to catapult (an aircraft), as from the deck of an aircraft carrier
[21] (intr foll by into ) to start talking or writing (about) he launched into a story
[22] (intr usually foll by out ) to start (out) on a fresh course
[23] (intr usually foll by out ) informal to spend a lot of money
[24] an act or instance of launching
[25] a motor driven boat used chiefly as a transport boat
[26] the largest of the boats of a man-of-war

Words related to Launch

fire, institute, introduce, start, inaugurate, open, commence, shoot, bombard, lance, sling, propel, fling, toss, hurl, eject, drive, dispatch, project, cast

Words nearby Launch

laughton, laumontite, launce, launcelot, launceston, launch, launch control center, launch pad, launch shoe, launch vehicle, launch window

Origin of Launch

21690–1700; < Spanish, Portuguese lancha, earlier Portuguese lanchara, first attested in 1515 in an account of boats encountered near the Strait of Malacca; of unclear orig.; neither Malay lancar “swift” nor Rom outcomes of Late Latin lanceāre (see launch1) are fully convincing as sources; modern Malay lanca is < Portuguese

Other words from Launch

launch·a·ble , adjective
un·launched , adjective
well-launched , adjective

Word origin for Launch

C17: via Spanish lancha and Portuguese from Malay lancharan boat, from lanchar speed

Synonyms for Launch

fire, barrage, bombard, bung, cast, catapult, discharge, dispatch, drive, eject, fling, heave, hurl, lance, pitch, project, propel, shoot, sling, throw, toss, send forth, set afloat, set in motion