English

Alternative spellings
lanch

Etymology
Old English launchen to throw as a lance, Old French lanchier, another form of lancier, French lancer, from lance

Pronunciation
lônch, /l��nt�/, /lO:ntS/
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:Rhymes:English:-��nt�|Rhymes: -��nt�

Transitive verb
rfc-trverb|Transitive verb
en-verb|launch|es

1. To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.
2. obsolete To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce.

#:Launch your hearts with lamentable wounds. - Spenser

1. 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

1. To send out; to start (one) on a career; to set going; to give a start to (something); to put in operation.

#: launch a son in the world
#: launch a business project or enterprise.
#: All art is used to sink episcopacy, and launch presbytery in England. - Eikon Basilike

Translations
trans-top|To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly
Finnish: laukaista, heittää
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trans-top|To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce
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trans-top|To cause to move or slide from the land into the water
Finnish: työntää vesille
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trans-top|To send out; to start (one) on a career; to set going; to give a start to (something); to put in operation
Finnish: lanseerata, tuoda markkinoille
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ttbc|Dutch: lanceren
ttbc|French: lancer
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ttbc|Spanish: lanzar

Intransitive verb
en-verb|launch|es

1. 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 5:4
#:He [Spenser] launches out into very flowery paths. - Prior

Noun
en-noun|es

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. context|nautical 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. (Compare Spanish lancha.)

Derived terms
Launching ways, (Nautical): See way, (noun-Nautical)

Translations
trans-top|The act of launching
Finnish: laukaisu
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trans-top|The movement of a vessel from land into the water
Finnish: vesillelasku
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trans-top|The boat of the largest size belonging to a ship of war
Finnish: vesillelasku
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ttbc|Dutch: lancering f
ttbc|French: lancement m
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ttbc|Spanish: lanzamiento m

Category:English ergative verbs

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