1. Propel with force
   "Launch a ship"; "launch the space shuttle"
    
2. Start a new organization or institution
   "They launched a charitable foundation";
   - establish, set up, found
    
3. Begin with vigour
   "He launched into a long diatribe";
   - plunge
    
4. Cause to move or slide from the land into the water; set afloat
   "launch a ship"
    
5. Get going; give impetus to
   "launch a career";
   - set in motion
    
6. Smoothen the surface of
   "launch plaster"

1. A motorboat with an open deck or a half deck
   "They took the launch out for a day of fishing on the lake"
    
2. The act of propelling with force
   "The launch of the rocket was visible for miles";
   - launching

Derived forms: launches, launching, launched

Type of: actuation, begin, displace, get, get down, impel, motorboat, move, open, open up, powerboat, propel, propulsion, set about, set out, smooth, smoothen, start, start out

Encyclopedia: Launch