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launch
has definitions from the fields of nautical,transportation
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[ verb ] set up or found
Examples "She set up a literacy program" Used in print (Max F. Millikan and Donald L. M. Blackmer,...)Isolated enterprises have been launched , but they are not_yet related to each other in a meaningful pattern . (Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)It was a quarter of seven when the crowd washed_me_up among the other gallants who had established the Astor steps as the beach-head from which to launch their night of merrymaking . Related terms |
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[ verb ] propel with force
Examples "launch the space shuttle" "Launch a ship" Used in print (L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)The most infamous of all was launched by the explosion of the island of Krakatoa in 1883 ; it raced across the Pacific at 300 miles an hour , devastated the coasts of Java and Sumatra with waves 100 to 130 feet high , and pounded the shore as far_away as San_Francisco . (Public Papers of the Presidents of the U.S. D. D....)For_example , the importance of the Regulus_2 , , a very promising aerodynamic ship to surface missile designed to be launched by surfaced submarines , was greatly diminished by the successful acceleration of the much more advanced Polaris ballistic_missile launched by submerged submarines . For_example , the importance of the Regulus_2 , , a very promising aerodynamic ship to surface missile designed to be launched by surfaced submarines , was greatly diminished by the successful acceleration of the much more advanced Polaris ballistic_missile launched by submerged submarines . |
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[ verb ] (nautical) launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage
Examples "launch a ship" Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune,...)The Dreadnought was built on designs supplied by the United_States in 1959 and was launched last year . (Joseph E. Choate, "The American Boating Scene"...)But during the last several years boats were launched in areas where , a short_time ago , the only water to be found was in wells and watering troughs for livestock . Arriving_at the waterside , the boat is launched , the family taken aboard and , that easily , another day afloat is begun . Marine dealers and even some manufacturers who sell direct in non-dealer areas cooperate in enabling you to launch now and pay later . Related terms |
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[ verb ] begin with vigor
Synonyms Examples "He launched into a long diatribe" "She plunged into a dangerous adventure" Used in print (Newark Evening News,...)He then launched into what the issues should be in the campaign . (Thomas Anderson, Here Comes Pete Now....)He wore perforated , white-topped shoes ; they somehow made me expect to see him launch into a vaudeville tapdance routine any moment . |
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[ noun ] (nautical,transportation) a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck
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[ verb ] get going; give impetus to
Synonyms Examples "launch a career" "Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process" Related terms |
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