launch (noun)
1: a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck
2: the act of propelling with force [syn: launching]
launch
(verb)
1: set up or found; "She set up a literacy program" [syn: establish, set up, found] [ant: abolish]
2: propel with force; "launch the space shuttle"; "Launch a ship"
3: launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage; "launch a ship"
4: begin with vigor; "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure" [syn: plunge]
5: get going; give impetus to; "launch a career"; "Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process" [syn: [[set in motion]]]
6: smoothen the surface of; "float plaster"