LAUNCH
Dictionary entry overview: What does launch mean?
• LAUNCH (noun)
The noun LAUNCH has 2 senses:
1. a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck
2. the act of propelling with force
Familiarity information: LAUNCH used as a noun is rare.
• LAUNCH (verb)
The verb LAUNCH has 6 senses:
1. set up or found
2. propel with force
3. launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage
4. begin with vigor
5. get going; give impetus to
6. smoothen the surface of
Familiarity information: LAUNCH used as a verb is common.
Dictionary entry details
• LAUNCH (noun)
Meaning:
A motorboat with an open deck or a half deck
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("launch" is a kind of...):
motorboat; powerboat (a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine)
Meaning:
The act of propelling with force
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
launch; launching
Hypernyms ("launch" is a kind of...):
actuation; propulsion (the act of propelling)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "launch"):
rocket firing; rocket launching (the launching of a rocket or missile under its own power)
• LAUNCH (verb)
Meaning:
Set up or found
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
establish; found; launch; set up
Context example:
She set up a literacy program
Hypernyms (to "launch" is one way to...):
open; open up (start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Propel with force
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context examples:
launch the space shuttle / Launch a ship
Hypernyms (to "launch" is one way to...):
impel; propel (cause to move forward with force)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "launch"):
float (put into the water)
blast off (launch with great force)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
launch a ship
Hypernyms (to "launch" is one way to...):
launch; set in motion (get going; give impetus to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Begin with vigor
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
launch; plunge
Context examples:
He launched into a long diatribe / She plunged into a dangerous adventure
Hypernyms (to "launch" is one way to...):
begin; commence; get; get down; set about; set out; start; start out (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Get going; give impetus to
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
set in motion; launch
Context examples:
launch a career / Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process
Hypernyms (to "launch" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "launch"):
launch (launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Smoothen the surface of
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
launch plaster
Hypernyms (to "launch" is one way to...):
smooth; smoothen (make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
