to float (a newly constructed boat or ship) usually by allowing to slide down inclined ways into the water.
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.
to start (a person) on a course, career, etc.
to set going; initiate: to launch a scheme.
to throw; hurl: to launch a spear.
to start (a new venture) or promote (a new product): They launched a new breakfast cereal.
Computers. to start (a software program).
verb (used without object)
to burst out or plunge boldly or directly into action, speech, etc.
to start out or forth; push out or put forth on the water.
noun
the act of launching.
Origin of launch
1
First recorded in 1300–50; late Middle English launche, from Anglo-French lancher, from Late Latin lanceāre “to wield a lance”; see lance1
laugh up one's sleeve, lau lau, laumontite, launce, Launceston, launch, launch control center, launcher, launch pad, launch shoe, launch vehicle
Definition for launch (2 of 2)
launch2
[ lawnch, lahnch ]
/ lɔntʃ, lɑntʃ /
noun
a heavy open or half-decked boat propelled by oars or by an engine.
a large utility boat carried by a warship.
Origin of launch
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First recorded in 1690–1700; from Spanish, Portuguese lancha, earlier Portuguese lanchara, first attested in 1515 in an account of boats encountered near the Strait of Malacca; further origin uncertain; perhaps from Malay lancharan, derivative of lanchar “swift,” unless modern Malay lancha is from Portuguese;
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