launchedadj.
/lɔːn(t)ʃt/, U.S. /lɔn(t)ʃt/, /lɑn(t)ʃt/ In senses of the verb.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [adjective] > wounded > pierced
launched1601
pinked1608
pinpricked1781
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [adjective] > having (a) hole(s) > bored, pierced, or perforated > with a sharp-pointed instrument
pierceda1400
burled1451
thorough-thrilled1496
sticked1565
through-launched1590
empierced1591
through-shot1596
launched1601
thrilleda1618
darted1622
broached1633
punctured1672
stabbed1862
society > travel > travel by water > launching a vessel > [adjective] > launched
launched1896
1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Fij With goarie sides, and deeper lanched brest.
1639 G. Daniel Ecclus. xli. 54 Let thy blushes rise From a lanch't heart.
1875 R. Browning Aristophanes' Apol. 95 The launched lie Whence heavenly fire has withered.
1896 Daily News 1 Apr. 6/5 A launched vessel always begins her career by [etc.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1601- butter-mouth
- by substitution
- by succession
- by successions
- by such manner of wise
- by such manner wise
- by suing
- by sum
- by sundries
- by sundry wise
- by supposal
- by supposals
- by supposing
- by surreption
- by tail
- by tale
- by task
- by telephone
- by terms
- by that
- by that mean
- by that means
- by that moyen
- by that time
- by that time that