Launch /lɔːnt͡ʃ/

The meaning and definition of Launch, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

noun

The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. (Compare: to splash a ship.)
The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.).

verb

To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.
To pierce with, or as with, a lance.

Synonyms lance pierce

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