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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
launch
I.verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
embark on/launch a programme (=start it)
▪ The company has embarked on an expansion programme.
introduce/launch a scheme
▪ The scheme was launched last autumn by the company’s education officer.
launch a boat (=put it in the water)
▪ Where’s the best place to launch the boat?
launch a channel (=start a channel broadcasting on TV)
▪ In 1994, SKY launched two new channels.
launch a competition (=start it)
▪ We’re launching a competition to find the best young designer.
launch a fund (=start it)
▪ They plan to launch an investment fund by raising $40m from investors.
launch a raid (=start a raid)
▪ Rebel forces launched cross-border raids.
launch a website (=start one)
▪ The government has launched a website containing information on environmental issues.
launch an attack
▪ In April the French army launched an attack.
launch pad
▪ Ellington’s band was a launching pad for many gifted jazz musicians.
launched into a tirade
▪ He launched into a tirade against the church.
launched...manhunt
▪ Police have launched a nationwide manhunt.
launch/embark on a career (=start one)
▪ Rita went to New York where she launched her dancing career.
launch/landing/helicopter pad
▪ The hospital has built a helicopter pad.
launch/mount a campaign (=begin a campaign)
▪ They have launched a campaign to end world poverty.
launch/mount a search (=start a search)
▪ A massive search was launched for the former soldier.
launch/set up an inquiry (=start it)
▪ Police launched an inquiry yesterday after a man was killed by a patrol car.
make/issue/launch an appeal
▪ Detectives are making an urgent appeal for information.
▪ The hospital has launched an appeal to raise money for new equipment.
mount/launch an expedition (=plan, organize, and begin an expedition)
▪ Ornithologists are mounting an expedition to the island in order to study the birds.
offensive...launched
▪ A major offensive was launched on August 22.
officially launched
▪ The scheme was officially launched in May.
rocket...launched
▪ The rocket was launched from a space research base.
stage/mount/launch a coup (=attempt one)
▪ Later that year, the rebels staged an unsuccessful coup.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
yesterday
▪ The scheme, launched yesterday, is expected to provide each participating chemical firm with around £5 million to meet claims.
▪ Divers alert: A major rescue operation was launched yesterday after two divers were reported missing off Redcar.
▪ A £5m development appeal launched yesterday by the Natural History Museum has already raised £2.5m.
■ NOUN
appeal
▪ Victor Hall has launched his annual appeal for information regarding his son's disappearance.
▪ They've launched an appeal to send canned food, medicine and toys to the needy.
▪ But the Official Solicitor immediately launched an appeal.
▪ He now has 28 days to leave, or launch an appeal against the decision.
▪ Some of Opera North's favourite soloists, including John Tomlinson, will help to launch the appeal in style.
▪ We have launched a public appeal to raise the £120,000 total needed in order to put this whole unpleasant episode behind us.
▪ The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds launched the appeal to help buy and manage the 625acre island.
▪ Teesside Hospice Care Foundation is to launch a £1.8m. building appeal.
assault
▪ Repealers launched a double-edged assault on medics.
▪ Thirty policemen were massacred in Rukum last week when the rebels launched a direct assault on their heavily fortified headquarters.
▪ Republican Congressional leaders have launched a rhetorical assault against the Clinton proposal this week.
▪ They launched their assaults with the equally traditional use of overwhelming firepower.
▪ The main central banks exploited yesterday's thin market to launch another visible assault on the dollar.
▪ Then he launched an assault on his Moscow neighbour.
▪ Much to their credit in launching a spirited assault on the Neath lead, Bridgend did attempt to spread the ball wide.
attack
▪ He decided to launch his attack right away, while the other man's night vision was still impaired.
▪ A Colonel Herbinger, drunk at the time, thought in his stupor that the enemy had launched a massive attack.
▪ Such a strategy is dangerous since inviting Kasparov to overreach, may also invite him to launch a devastating attack.
▪ There had been some disturbance there, too, when their master launched his attack.
▪ Henman bounced the ball a couple of times, measured the other side of the net, and launched his attack.
▪ In response, the country launched an all-out attack on Freetown from Lungi airport on the outskirts of the city.
▪ Lord Lane also launched a strong attack on the crisis in the crown and county courts.
bid
▪ It has also launched a bid to overturn a ban on the use of vast factory whaling ships.
▪ Edinburgh-based Dragon launched the all-paper bid for its rival Far Eastern trust last month.
business
▪ Conran had launched a business empire that was eventually to employ thirty-three thousand people.
▪ By making a Big Promise and delivering on it, you will successfully launch your business.
▪ Hyatt Hotels has helped employees launch in-dependent businesses in party catering and sporting-equipment rental.
campaign
▪ With backing from Prince Charles, who was once treated at the hospital for a cut hand, a campaign was launched.
▪ State prisoners were brought in to fix the roadbed, and a campaign was launched to acquire locomotives and coaches.
▪ Alexei features in a 20minute video bought by the borough council for a major anti-vandalism campaign to be launched early next year.
▪ On 17 February the campaign was launched with a press conference and a display of posters, T-shirts and other merchandise.
▪ The Government's £1.3m Christmas anti-drink drive campaign was launched last week with a brutal advert.
career
▪ Good for Annabel, who had the sense to quit the circuit in good time and launch a successful new career.
▪ In the 1960s women could neither engage in business nor launch political careers.
▪ He launched his tennis career in 1923 as a ball boy.
▪ Jack launched his accounting career at a tuna packing company, then went to work for General Dynamics.
▪ Matt now lives in Los Angeles, where he is trying to launch a solo career.
▪ By the early 1760s he lived in Derby and had launched a career as a cartographer.
▪ The smile that launched a career Fans of television presenter Michaela Strachan love her famous cheeky grin.
▪ He then moved to Oxford Polytechnic before launching his army career at Sandhurst.
challenge
▪ Provided your employer acts reasonably, you will find it difficult to launch an effective legal challenge of his decision.
company
▪ The company has launched 39 satellites so far.
▪ The machines are made by a London company, which launched the world's first microprocessor-based sorter in 1979.
▪ The company launched its initial offering at 13 in July and closed at $ 10 a share Wednesday, down.
▪ It also assigned staff people to work with individual companies that wanted to launch a program.
▪ Dozens of other companies are preparing to launch gambling sites on the Web.
competition
▪ It has also launched a competition for young members to design slogans suitable for texting.
▪ Her parents launched the competition to train young people about the dangers of motor vehicles.
▪ Now it has launched a series of competitions to select the best ways of filling the gaps in Britain's armoury.
drive
▪ Members needed: Darlington branch of the Friends of the Earth has launched a recruitment drive.
▪ That announcement came as the Reform Party officially launched its own petition drive to win Texas ballot access in November.
▪ Sony launched a similar drive at the same time.
effort
▪ Meanwhile, the events of July 17-18 motivated a number of Arab leaders to launch mediation efforts.
government
▪ Today the government launched its latest weapons in a campaign against speeding including this hard hitting television advertisement.
▪ In 1989 the government launched a £10 million training programme in child protection.
▪ In 1981 a £30 million government scheme was launched to encourage industry to switch from oil and gas to coal-fired boilers.
▪ The Government have launched TECs, but they have then provided less funding than was envisaged.
▪ The government today launched a drug prevention campaign.
▪ He has criticised the Government for not launching an advertising campaign on the issue until the general election is called.
initiative
▪ Working partnerships forged at home have provided a good springboard for launching several initiatives with partners abroad.
▪ So in 1990, School &038; Main launched an ambitious initiative to improve college retention rates for young people called Higher Ground.
▪ Instead, as part of our Millennium programme, we will launch a London 2000 initiative.
▪ We will launch a London 2000 initiative.
▪ Read in studio Police have launched a new initiative to tackle a rising wave of crime.
▪ The programme comes on the day police launched a new initiative to prevent such large gatherings taking place.
inquiry
▪ The Justice Department has launched a broader inquiry into the alleged solicitation of foreign donors by the Democrats, particularly Huang.
▪ He then launched an inquiry into why she was granted Legal Aid.
▪ The government has launched an official inquiry into his alleged ill-treatment but no findings have been made public.
▪ Yesterday, teams of police and forensic experts launched a massive inquiry to find the mindless yobs.
▪ Governor Peter Leonard, who launched an inquiry yesterday, said only prompt action by staff prevented a violent free-for-all.
▪ It has decided to launch an independent inquiry, to see whether more could have been done to help him.
▪ Police say they haven't launched a murder inquiry at this stage.
investigation
▪ The complaints prompted three different agencies to launch investigations.
▪ The Civil Aviation Authority has launched an investigation and will look at the pilots reports.
▪ The agency has launched 340 criminal investigations against tax resisters since 1993, winning 162 convictions.
▪ It's launched an investigation into what went wrong last night.
▪ Police have launched an investigation and they're appealing for witnesses.
▪ With police help they impounded several of Wewe's boats full of turtles and launched an investigation.
▪ At the time Thornburgh denied the report and launched a controversial investigation into the source of the leak.
magazine
▪ Brand picked up the term and launched a magazine called CoEvolution Quarterly.
▪ And the Robert Maxwell empire was just about to launch a new magazine called World Development.
▪ But she realized she needed at least $ 5 million to launch a high-quality national magazine.
▪ Bailey, 37, helped launch the magazine in Great Britain in 1988.
▪ And I was thrilled and honoured to get the chance to help launch this magazine.
▪ A new Moneysavers magazine containing discount coupons to use in shops is to be launched.
missile
▪ She saw herself pull back her arm, and, with more than human strength, launch a red missile.
▪ Hekmatyar's fighters quickly joined the fray, launching long-range missile attacks into the city against Masud's forces.
▪ Could a computer failure automatically launch a nuclear missile?
▪ The aircraft would be able to launch the missiles at a considerable distance from well-defended targets.
▪ In theory, the mechanism should also prevent anyone launching the missiles accidentally.
offensive
▪ In the last week of February, Etiopia finally launched a major offensive at Badme.
▪ On March 30, 1972, Hanoi launched its own major offensive across the demilitarized zone.
▪ At the same time it launched an ideological offensive launched to justify this approach to solving the crisis.
operation
▪ In 1992 police launched Operation Playground against a gang called the Vice Lords.
▪ In May, police launched Operation Park, increasing patrols of city parks and playgrounds that have become makeshift campgrounds.
▪ Labour officials have already launched Operation Turnout in an effort to galvanise the core vote.
▪ The planter rested on thick beige carpeting that helped deaden the bone-shaking noise of aircraft launching and recovery operations.
▪ The army was ordered last week to launch a formal operation against separatists in Aceh.
▪ The Chief Constable was also asked to launch a major operation in Wirral to crack down on suppliers.
▪ Cheshire's emergency services launched their Operation Cloudburst procedure for dealing with chemical emergencies.
plan
▪ A better plan would be to launch from Earth on a trajectory optimized for transfer to Mars.
▪ The moving of 1,200 posts completes a plan launched when Harold Macmillan was prime minister in 1959.
▪ And a new plan has been launched to protect it.
product
▪ Zeneca has launched no new products since 1989.
▪ An entrepreneur we interviewed was given the opportunity to launch a new product for a major international company.
▪ Are you launching a new product?
▪ It was as though he had created a virtual company for a specific time period to launch that particular product.
▪ Over the past 18 months we have launched a number of products offering opportunities for existing customers.
▪ Growing competition is prompting banks, building societies and insurers to launch new financial products almost on a daily basis.
▪ The immediate aim is to launch at least five such products on the market within two years.
▪ A decision has to be made whether or not to launch the new product.
programme
▪ The government has announced that it is planning to launch a training programme for all food handlers.
▪ There was no real enthusiasm and we launched in the training programme in a rather unstructured way.
▪ In the coming year we are launching a comprehensive sponsorship programme to attract corporate donations and specific sponsorship.
▪ Lloyd George had launched his programme at a lecture delivered at Bangor on 17 January 1935.
▪ Yesterday Mr Stevens launched a programme to canvas local opinion about the transfer of management.
▪ It hopes to be able to launch its programme by mid-November.
▪ Mr Kemp has been trying for several years to prod the White House into launching a serious anti-poverty programme.
project
▪ To begin with, her department is launching a three-year project on residential child care.
▪ They had hoped that he would launch great public works projects, ge! a building boom going.
▪ Viscose rayon producer Courtaulds Fibers has launched the project at its plant in Mobile, Alabama.
▪ It was agreed that this might best be achieved by a series of dinners to launch development projects of the University.
range
▪ Reader enquiry number 134 Downlighters Designed Architectural Lighting has launched a new range of 14 downlighters.
▪ With nature in mind, Inecto Botanicals have launched an affordable range of shampoos and conditioners.
▪ Four titles launch a new range.
▪ It's just launched its first range of clothing.
▪ We are using increasing amounts of recycled paper and we plan to launch a range of recycled paper products.
▪ Two years ago International targeted commercial fishing fleets as a special market and launched the BlueLine range with coatings made at Houston.
▪ Heraeus has launched a new range of modular temperature and climatic cabinets.
rocket
▪ The mujaheddin had launched a fresh rocket offensive against the city on Feb. 26.
▪ Such a mission would launch a huge rocket, the upper stage of which would fly directly to the Moon.
▪ Or in a room with computerized controls set to launch rockets.
▪ They could launch their rockets before you could get to your office, his predecessor had warned him.
satellite
▪ Eumetsat would launch three satellites over eight years for £250 million.
▪ The company has launched 39 satellites so far.
▪ First, it could hold up Challenger's next attempt to launch a relay satellite, in August.
▪ Hughes has launched two Ku-band satellites each containing sixteen 120-watt transponders.
▪ They did a full survey to begin with, launching several satellites to encircle the planet, collecting atmospheric and geographic data.
▪ A half-dozen giants are bidding for the right to launch satellites that can pump streams of data directly into homes.
▪ For instance, they could launch technically more advanced satellites and devise market-orientated ways of selling the data around the world.
▪ Malerba was on last month's Atlantis shuttle flight which failed to launch a satellite to produce electricity.
scheme
▪ He's launched a scheme which gives these farmers access to modern farm machinery and he teaches them how to use it.
▪ The Newcastle has launched a two-year scheme at 10.45 percent.
▪ Their kindness and co-operation has allowed us to launch this exciting new scheme for the benefit of residents and visitors to Northamptonshire.
▪ Difficulty is being expressed with the method to be used to launch the scheme.
▪ Even if they launch a new pension scheme with less generous benefits they face maintaining the solvency of the old fund.
▪ Today the Lord Mayor launched a new scheme to help them.
▪ By launching the commercial scheme in the guise of an athletic club it falls within the rules of the Amateur Athletic Association.
search
▪ Theatres, cinemas and restaurants in the area were also evacuated as police launched a frantic search and found the B-registration van.
▪ At the same time, materials scientists launch an extensive search for other materials that might have similar effects.
▪ Police backed by a helicopter launched a search, but no arrests were reported.
▪ And perhaps he wasn't going to wait until morning before launching a search.
series
▪ A fifty-minute programme about green slime to launch a series that is going to take thirteen hours?
▪ Pleased with the success of reforms in the countryside, he launched a new series of urban economic reforms.
▪ Now it has launched a series of competitions to select the best ways of filling the gaps in Britain's armoury.
strike
▪ From Bourges Capetian forces could launch a quick strike against Tours and Poitiers.
version
▪ Thomson launched their slightly up-market version, Freestyle, in 1984.
▪ The most popular option is the DOS-based WordPerfect system which has launched version 6.0, being the first significant enhancement since 5.1.
▪ AimTech is planning to launch a revamped version of the system in April.
▪ At the end of last month the company launched a commercial version of the chip.
▪ The two health authorities covering these areas have launched their versions of the Patient's Charter.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ China is planning to launch a space rocket later this month.
▪ Fezza, the clothes designer, launched his first collection in 1980.
▪ Fiat launched a tiny "city car" especially for Europe's narrow, crowded streets.
▪ Fiat has launched the smaller car model for city driving.
▪ NASA will try to launch the space shuttle again on Sunday.
▪ On the first day of the war over 400 missiles were launched.
▪ Police are launching a major murder inquiry.
▪ Rebel forces launched an attack on the capital.
▪ Rebels launched another attack late Sunday.
▪ The book launched his career as a novelist.
▪ The local hospital has launched a campaign to raise money for new X-ray equipment.
▪ Wysling has launched a campaign to raise $7000 to restore the monument.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A high-technology corporation, for example, might launch a subsidiary to manufacture components for major systems produced by the parent.
▪ Giddy from their wartime success, the Communists launched an ambitious plan aimed at expanding the economy by 14 percent a year.
▪ I positioned myself immediately below him, took a couple of practice aims and then launched my training shoe upwards.
▪ Modifying current equipment enables them to minimise new capital outlay while the product is being launched and its success evaluated.
▪ Mr Major says he has gathered enough support to launch an attack.
▪ Of five landing missions launched in 1965, all five failed.
▪ Read in studio Police have launched a new initiative to tackle a rising wave of crime.
▪ The most popular option is the DOS-based WordPerfect system which has launched version 6.0, being the first significant enhancement since 5.1.
II.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
commercial
▪ It is aiming for more widespread testing in April and a commercial launch in May, sources said.
▪ Finally, it is essential to develop more cost-effective rockets in an increasingly competitive international market for commercial and scientific launch services.
new
▪ The other new launches planned were Sunday Today and Sunday Sport - neither aimed at the same sort of readers.
▪ Sad to say, major new launches from the big boys are a little thin on the ground.
▪ Vauxhall can be expected to start a flurry of limited-edition Astras in the lead-up to the new model's launch in September.
▪ The flurry involved further new launches.
▪ Meanwhile, Westminster Press and Associated slightly enlarged their chains, partly, as with Thomson, by new launches.
▪ We are still optimistic about further growth during the year with a number of new product launches planned in the coming months.
▪ Considerable investment has also been made in Emap sponsored new launches.
▪ It is expected that these new launches will, in time, be significant contributors to the profit growth of this business.
official
▪ L6 is almost certain to be delayed until well after its official launch date in May.
▪ And we've got an exclusive picture of it-a week before the official launch shots.
ready
▪ As an example take the case of a new product that has been developed and is ready for launch.
▪ Customers now expect to have a satellite finished and ready for launch in no more than a year and a half.
▪ Are you ready for a launch failure?
▪ The tail need not be fitted for this test, but now's the time to attach it ready for the launch.
successful
▪ The successful launch of Channel 5 as a non-producer broadcaster demonstrates the growth potential of the market.
■ NOUN
pad
▪ Each of the Apollo launch pads was 0.65 square kilometres in size and constructed of heavily reinforced concrete.
▪ Atlantis, resting on a Kennedy Space Center launch pad in Florida, has similar boosters.
▪ Neighbours, the show that was her launch pad, might have to be jettisoned.
▪ The rocket was exposed to the vagaries of the weather, and the launch pad was blocked for long periods of time.
▪ But there are signs that the protest may be the launch pad for a powerful and broadly based opposition.
▪ However, the rocket was not allowed to leave the launch pad until full thrust was developed by each engine.
▪ Here the air-lock doors of a cargo bay; there a communications nacelle, a launch pad, a service hatch.
▪ The crawler, mobile launchers and launch pads are all modified versions of the original components used for Apollo.
product
▪ But how important is another domestic product launch in 1992?
▪ The last major product launch two years ago really solidified a couple of new markets for us.
▪ We are still optimistic about further growth during the year with a number of new product launches planned in the coming months.
▪ First, we got the marketing team together to review, in detail, our last major product launch.
▪ Not all the losses resulting from a delayed product launch are concerned with that product.
▪ He has worked full time as a magician and illusionist since 1998, entertaining primarily at corporate retreats and product launches.
site
▪ However, weather conditions were ideal on the day of the launch, says Cathey, who is at the launch site.
▪ The choice of splashdown into the ocean rather than a land-based return was forced by the geographic position of the launch site.
▪ This was especially important during the climb up the 5 slope to the launch site.
▪ The leak forced a controlled descent of the giant balloon about 250 kilometres to the west of the launch site.
▪ Previous errors have included a sheep dip targeted after it was mistaken for a surface-to-air missile launch site.
vehicle
▪ The single-stage, reusable launch vehicle will cost an estimated $ 5 billion to $ 10 billion.
▪ But such economic considerations have had no significant effect on the way government-run launch vehicles are designed and operated.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ During the launch, two rockets boost the shuttle before separating and falling back into the sea.
▪ the launch of nuclear weapons
▪ the West Coast launch of his new cologne
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Since its launch in 1988, sales of OS/2 have grown to only about 300,000 a year.
▪ The launch of the research centre is slated for December.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.

Launch

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.

  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.

Launch

Launch \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.).

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
launch

c.1300, "to rush, plunge, leap, start forth; to be set into sudden motion," from Old North French lancher (Old French lancier) "to fling, hurl, throw, cast," from Late Latin lanceare "wield a lance," from Latin lancea "light spear" (see lance (n.)). Sense of "set (a boat) afloat" first recorded c.1400, from notion of throwing it out on the water; generalized by 1600 to any sort of beginning. The noun meaning "a leap or a bound" is from mid-15c., from the verb. Meaning "the liftoff of a missile, spacecraft, etc." is from 1935. Launch pad attested from 1960.

launch

"large boat carried on a warship," 1690s, from Portuguese lancha "barge, launch," apparently from Malay lancharan, from lanchar "quick, agile;" English spelling influenced by launch (v.).

Wiktionary
launch

Etymology 1 n. The act of launching. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly; to send off, propel with force. 2 (context transitive obsolete English) To pierce with, or as with, a lance. 3 (context transitive English) To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat. 4 (context transitive English) To send out; to start (one) on a career; to set going; to give a start to (something); to put in operation. Etymology 2

n. 1 (context nautical English) The boat of the largest size and/or of most importance belonging to a ship of war, and often called the "captain's boat" or "captain's launch". 2 (context nautical English) A boat used to convey guests to and from a yaucht. 3 (context nautical English) An open boat of any size powered by steam, naphtha, electricity, or the like. (Compare Spanish ''lancha''.)

WordNet
launch
  1. n. a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck

  2. the act of propelling with force [syn: launching]

launch
  1. v. 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"

Wikipedia
Launch

Launch may refer to:

Launch (boat)

A launch is an open motorboat. The forward part of the launch may be covered. Prior to the era of engines on small craft, a launch was the largest boat carried on a sailing vessel, powered by sail or by oars. In competitive rowing, a launch is a motorized boat used by the coach during training.

LAUNCH (Innovation Challenge)

LAUNCH is a program sponsored by NASA, Nike, US Agency for International Development, and the US Department of State that seeks sustainable innovations through quasi-annual challenges, forums, and a business accelerator. The program began in 2010 and has since focused on themes such as energy, health, water, and waste solutions.

Usage examples of "launch".

Both were launched with great support from the advertising community and, in the case of Working Mother, the audience.

At any rate, it was believed at least in Prague and London that Hitler was about to launch aggression against Czechoslovakia.

Professor Agrest, a Russian physicist, also maintains that a strange rock platform in Lebanon, whose origin and original purpose have baffled archeologists and geologists for several years, was constructed by aliens as a launching pad.

Perhaps Professor Agrest would regard it as another launching platform for nuclear rockets.

He left the clinic long enough to launch the album with a party at his house on Chapel Street but returned to the Priory after the party.

Stanford University launched a drive to raise one billion dollars in alumnae contributions.

In the Solar System, the Amalgams had focused and directed the gravity beams used to tear up the planetary surfaces and launch them into free space.

The amphibian shot ahead, then rose into the air like a graceful bird, circled the police launch.

Close around her on all sides, the amphibious squadron launched their wing-mounted torpedoes.

Each was authorized to use as much time each day after regular working hours as he considered necessary to conduct his training, which would not be limited to docking and undocking, anchoring and unanchoring, but would include towing and being towed, fueling and provisioning while under way, and launch and recovery.

Behind these small ships, the overlapped shields of the foremost ballistas flickered imperceptibly in precise timing as they launched a volley of defensive projectile fire, driving back the first robot assault, annihilating many of the machine suicide ships before they could get through.

Owner Ramsey Osborn yesterday hedged his Arc bets by selling a half-share in his four-year-old colt to arbitrageur Malcolm Pembroke, who launched into bloodstock only this week with a two million guineas yearling at the Premium Sales.

Fighters launched by Croom, the dependable protector of the Argyle treasures.

I was about to launch into one of my old-time harangues about the sheer vanity of decorative dress, when my eye rested on the moving figures in asbestos, and I stopped.

All that I can remember is, that on every ascensional motion, we were hoisted up with ever increasing velocity, as if we had been launched from a huge projectile.