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Launch
Launch Launch, v. i.
To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the
stocks into the water; to plunge; to make a beginning; as, to
launch into the current of a stream; to launch into an
argument or discussion; to launch into lavish expenditures;
-- often with out.
Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a
draught. --Luke v. 4.
He [Spenser] launches out into very flowery paths.
--Prior.
LaunchLaunch Launch, n.
1. The act of launching.
2. The movement of a vessel from land into the water;
especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which
it is built.
3. [Cf. Sp. lancha.] (Naut.) The boat of the largest size
belonging to a ship of war; also, an open boat of any size
driven by steam, naphtha, electricity, or the like.
Launching ways. (Naut.) See Way, n. (Naut.). LaunchLaunch Launch, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Launched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Launching.] [OE. launchen to throw as a lance, OF.
lanchier, another form of lancier, F. lancer, fr. lance
lance. See Lance.] [Written also lanch.]
1. To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.
2. To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce. [Obs.]
Launch your hearts with lamentable wounds.
--Spenser.
3. To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to
set afloat; as, to launch a ship.
With stays and cordage last he rigged the ship, And
rolled on levers, launched her in the deep. --Pope.
4. To send out; to start (one) on a career; to set going; to
give a start to (something); to put in operation; as, to
launch a son in the world; to launch a business project or
enterprise.
All art is used to sink episcopacy, and launch
presbytery in England. --Eikon
Basilike.
Meaning of Launch from wikipedia
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Launch or
launched may
refer to:
Launch (boat), an open
motor boat,
often auxiliary to a
larger vessel Motor Launch, a
small military vessel used by the...
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surface to space,
usually to
Earth orbit or beyond. A
launch system includes the
launch vehicle,
launch pad,
vehicle ****embly and
fuelling systems, range...
- The
Launch is a
Canadian reality music competition series broadcast by CTV,
which premiered on
January 10, 2018. Each
episode of the
series follows five...
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Failure to
Launch is a 2006
American romantic comedy film
directed by Tom Dey, and
starring Matthew McConaughey and
Sarah Jessica Parker. The film focuses...
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Launcher may
refer to:
Application launcher, a kind of
utility software Rocket launcher, a
device that
launches a rocket-propelled
projectile Grenade...
- "
Launch Party" is the
fifth and
sixth episode of the
fourth season of the
American comedy television series The Office, and the show's fifty-eighth and...
- The
Space Launch System (abbreviated as SLS) is an
American super heavy-lift
expendable launch vehicle under development by NASA
since 2011. It replaces...
- A
launch is an open motorboat. The
forward part of the
launch’s deck may be covered.
Prior to the era of
engines on
small craft, a
launch was the largest...
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central launch platform (mobile
launcher platform), or the
entire complex (
launch complex). The
entire complex will
include a
launch mount or
launch platform...
- A
Motor Launch (ML) is a
small military vessel in
Royal Navy service. It was
designed for
harbour defence and
submarine chasing or for
armed high-speed...
