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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. --Luke v. 4. [1913 Webster] He [Spenser] launches out into very flowery paths. --Prior. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Launch \Launch\ (l[add]nch or l[aum]nch), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Launched} (l[add]ncht or l[aum]ncht); 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Launch your hearts with lamentable wounds. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 3. To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship. [1913 Webster] With stays and cordage last he rigged the ship, And rolled on levers, launched her in the deep. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] All art is used to sink episcopacy, and launch presbytery in England. --Eikon Basilike. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Launch \Launch\, n. 1. The act of launching. [1913 Webster] 2. The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] {Launching ways}. (Naut.) See {Way}, n. (Naut.). [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: launch n 1: a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck 2: the act of propelling with force [syn: {launching}, {launch}] v 1: set up or found; "She set up a literacy program" [syn: {establish}, {set up}, {found}, {launch}] [ant: {abolish}, {get rid of}] 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}, {launch}] 5: get going; give impetus to; "launch a career"; "Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process" [syn: {launch}, {set in motion}] 6: smoothen the surface of; "launch plaster"