Associations to the word «Launch»

Pictures for the word «Launch»

Wiktionary

LAUNCH, verb. (transitive) To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly; to send off, propel with force.
LAUNCH, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To pierce with, or as with, a lance.
LAUNCH, verb. (transitive) To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat.
LAUNCH, verb. (transitive) To send out; to start (one) on a career; to set going; to give a start to (something); to put in operation.
LAUNCH, verb. (intransitive) (often with out) To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to make a beginning.
LAUNCH, noun. The act of launching.
LAUNCH, 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.)
LAUNCH, noun. (nautical) The boat of the largest size and/or of most importance belonging to a ship of war, and often called the "captain's boat" or "captain's launch".
LAUNCH, noun. (nautical) A boat used to convey guests to and from a yaucht.
LAUNCH, noun. (nautical) An open boat of any size powered by steam, naphtha, electricity, or the like. (Compare Spanish lancha.)
LAUNCH COMPLEX, noun. The facilities and support equipment needed to assemble, test and launch a rocket-powered vehicle
LAUNCH GAME, noun. (video games) A video game that has been made available to consumers simultaneously with its respective video game console.
LAUNCH GAMES, noun. Plural of launch game
LAUNCH LOOP, noun. A hypothetical maglev cable that would be capable of sending objects into orbit without needing a rocket.
LAUNCH LOOPS, noun. Plural of launch loop
LAUNCH PAD, noun. The surface or structure from which a launch is made.
LAUNCH PADS, noun. Plural of launch pad
LAUNCH PARTY, noun. An event to coincide with the commercial release of a product
LAUNCH VEHICLE, noun. A vehicle for transporting objects into space, usually a rocket.
LAUNCH WINDOW, noun. The period between the earliest and latest times during which a rocket or spacecraft may be launched in order to achieve its mission
LAUNCH WINDOWS, noun. Plural of launch window

Dictionary definition

LAUNCH, noun. A motorboat with an open deck or a half deck.
LAUNCH, noun. The act of propelling with force.
LAUNCH, verb. Set up or found; "She set up a literacy program".
LAUNCH, verb. Propel with force; "launch the space shuttle"; "Launch a ship".
LAUNCH, verb. Launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage; "launch a ship".
LAUNCH, verb. Begin with vigor; "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure".
LAUNCH, verb. Get going; give impetus to; "launch a career"; "Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process".
LAUNCH, verb. Smoothen the surface of; "launch plaster".

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn