launch 1 
(lônch, länch)
(lônch, länch)v. launched, launch·ing, launch·es
v.tr.
1.
a. To throw or propel with force; hurl: launch a spear.
b. To set or thrust (a self-propelled craft or projectile) in motion: launch a rocket; launch a torpedo.
2. Nautical To put (a boat) into the water in readiness for use.
3. To set going; initiate: launch a career; launch a business venture. See Synonyms at begin.
4. To introduce to the public or to a market: launched the new perfume with prime-time commercials on the major networks.
5. To give (someone) a start, as in a career or vocation.
v.intr.
1. To begin a new venture or phase; embark: launch forth on a dangerous mission; launched out on her own after college.
2. To enter enthusiastically into something; plunge: launched into a description of the movie.
n.
The act of launching.
[Middle English launchen, from Old North French lancher, from Latin lanceāre, to wield a lance, from lancea, lance; see LANCE.]
- grounder
- ground fault
- ground-fault interrupter
- groundfish
- ground floor
- ground glass
- ground hemlock
- groundhog
- ground hog
- Groundhog Day
- ground ivy
- groundkeeper
- groundkeeper
- groundless
- groundlessly
- groundlessness
- ground level
- groundling
- ground loop
- groundmass
- ground meristem
- groundnut
- ground out
- groundout
- ground pine