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Noun launch has 2 senses
- launch - a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck
--1 is a kind of motorboat, powerboat
- launching, launch - the act of propelling with force
--2 is a kind of propulsion, actuation
--2 has particulars: rocket firing, rocket launching
Verb launch has 6 senses
- establish, set up, found, launch - set up or found; "She set up a literacy program"
--1 is one way to open, open up
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- launch - propel with force; "launch the space shuttle"; "Launch a ship"
--2 is one way to propel, impel
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- launch - launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage; "launch a ship"
--3 is one way to launch, set in motion
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- plunge, launch - begin with vigor; "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure"
--4 is one way to get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence
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- launch, set in motion - get going; give impetus to; "launch a career"; "Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process"
--5 is one way to move, displace
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- launch - smoothen the surface of; "float plaster"
--6 is one way to smooth, smoothen
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