launch

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.
2. (obsolete) To pierce with, or as with, a lance.
3. To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat.
4. To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground.
5. To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation
6. To start (a program or feature); to execute or bring into operation.
7. To release; to put onto the market for sale
8. Of a ship, rocket, balloon, etc.: to depart on a voyage; to take off.
9. To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin.
10. To start to operate.

Noun

1. The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. (Compare: to splash a ship.)
2. The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.).
3. An event held to celebrate the launch of a ship/vessel, project, a new book, etc.; a launch party.

Noun

1. The boat of the largest size and/or of most importance belonging to a ship of war, and often called the "captain's boat" or "captain's launch".
2. A boat used to convey guests to and from a yacht.
3. An open boat of any size powered by steam, petrol, electricity, etc.

Concepten

lanceren

ontketenen

uitschrijven

barkas

werpen

lancering

van stapel laten lopen

te water laten

begin

uitbrengen

tewaterlating

een proefvlucht doen maken

verspreiden

afvuren

uitschrijven

aanzetten

doorboren

spietsen

gooien

smijten

worp

catapulteren

afschieten

beginnen

boot

loslaten

slingeren

sloep

toebrengen

uitzetten

van stapel lopen

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/lɔːnt͡ʃ/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle English launchen (“to throw as a lance”), Old French lanchier, another form (Old Northern French/Norman variant, compare Jèrriais lanchi) of lancier, French lancer, from lance.