launch

Meaning

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.

Concepts

launch

start

throw

initiate

begin

cast

launching

long boat

hurl

propel

catapult

toss

establish

found

fling

sling

discharge

originate

set up

introduction

set in motion

boat

float

pitch

project

inaugurate

spread

set off

embark on

open

plunge

start up

unfold

mount

lob

unleash

chuck

drop

heave

starting

dash

embarkation

release

lead off

advance

drive

establishment

fire

institute

undock

shot

eject

opening

turn on

send off

shoot

liftoff

roll

constitute

commencement

enter

input

carry out

stir up

barrage

plop

startup

fly

surface

close

finish

shoot up

wash up

offering for sale

sale

lower

take down

unload

begin the performance

raise the curtain

motor ship

set to

inauguration

sending

send

set

motor boat

deliver

lance

long-boat

undertake

attempt

issue

produce

let out

throw stones

jet

dinghy

pinnace

shallop

boom

boost

forward

further

promote

carry forward

origination

emission

emissive

emitting

pop-up

radiative

transmit

transmitting

lift-off

pleasure boat

intro

bringing onto the market

market launch

commercial launch

bully off

commence

embark

face off

get going

get started

go

introduce

open up

precede

preface

start out

strike up

take up

actuate

bring up

reboot

switch on

touch off

abreact

snap

trigger

trip

blastoff

firing

apply

circularise

deploy

diffuse

disperse

dispread

disseminate

distribute

divaricate

effuse

expand

extend

give forth

propagate

scatter

sow in

spill

splay

stretch

stretch out

unfurl

unroll

white out

base

build on

build upon

create

ground

incorporate

plant

premise

repose on

take off

cutter

activate

climbing

takeoff

beginning

form

organize

throwing

lead

put in

put on

immission

intake

bale out

projectile

projection

arouse

mobilize

spark

execute

run

upload

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lɔːnt͡ʃ/

Etymology

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.