launch¹ /lönch or lönsh/ (obsolete lanch /länch or länsh/)

1. To throw or hurl
2. To dart
3. To send out
4. To set going
5. To initiate
6. To cause or allow to slide into water or to take off from land
7. To put (a book or other product) on the market, esp with attendant publicity, etc
8. To throw (oneself) freely, venturesomely, or enthusiastically (into some activity) (with into)
9. To pierce (Spenser)
10. To lance (obsolete)

1. To rush, dart, plunge or fling oneself
2. To be launched
3. To take off
4. To throw oneself freely, or in a spirit of adventure (into some activity) (with out or into)
5. To begin a usu long story, speech, etc (with into)

1. The act or occasion of launching
2. The introduction of a new product or service onto the market (commerce)
3. A lancing (Spenser)

launchˈer noun

A device for launching, esp for sending off a rocket

launchˈing-pad noun

1. A platform from which a rocket can be launched
2. A place, event, etc which gives a good start to a career, etc, or at which a project, campaign, etc is launched

launchˈing-ways plural noun

The timbers on which a ship is launched

launch pad same as launching-pad above.

launch vehicle see under vehicle

launch window noun

The period of time during which the launching of a spacecraft must take place if the flight is to be successful

launch² /lönch or lönsh/

1. A large power-driven boat for pleasure or short runs
2. The largest boat carried by a man-of-war

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