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  • 31launch — launch1 launchable, adj. /lawnch, lahnch/, v.t. 1. to set (a boat or ship) in the water. 2. to float (a newly constructed boat or ship) usually by allowing to slide down inclined ways into the water. 3. to send forth, catapult, or release, as a… …

    Universalium

  • 32launch — Synonyms and related words: advance, altitude peak, automatic control, begin, blast off, blast off, boat, bowl, bring before, bring forward, bring up, broach, bundle, bundle off, bung, burn, burnout, cabin cruiser, cast, catapult, ceiling,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 33launch — English has two separate words launch. The verb, ‘propel’ [14], is related to lance. Lances are propelled by throwing, and so the derived Old French verb lancier was used for ‘throw’. English acquired it via the Anglo Norman form launcher. The… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 34launch — I [[t]lɔntʃ, lɑntʃ[/t]] v. t. 1) naut. navig. to set (a boat or ship) in the water 2) naut. navig. to float (a newly constructed boat or ship) usu. by allowing it to slide down an incline into the water 3) to send forth, catapult, or release: to… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 35launch — English has two separate words launch. The verb, ‘propel’ [14], is related to lance. Lances are propelled by throwing, and so the derived Old French verb lancier was used for ‘throw’. English acquired it via the Anglo Norman form launcher. The… …

    Word origins

  • 36Launch — Als Launch bezeichnet man die Markteinführung von Produkten oder Dienstleistungen. (vergl.: Relaunch = Neustart) …

    Marketing Lexikon

  • 37launch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. float, start, get going; throw, cast, hurl. See beginning, propulsion, astronautics. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. motorboat, cabin cruiser, ship s launch; see boat , ship . v. 1. [To initiate] Syn.… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 38launch n — When does an astronaut stop to eat? When it s launch time …

    English expressions

  • 39launch — launch1 verb 1》 set (a boat or ship) afloat, especially by sliding it into the water. 2》 send (a rocket, missile, etc.) on its course.     ↘hurl forcefully.     ↘(launch into) begin (something) energetically and enthusiastically. 3》 begin (an… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 40launch — I. v. a. 1. Throw, hurl, cast, dart, lance. 2. Slide from the stocks (as a ship). II. v. n. Enlarge, expatiate, descant, dilate, launch out …

    New dictionary of synonyms