Found 3 items, similar to Launched.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: launch
kapal bargas, meluncurkan, memperlancar
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: launch
launch
n 1: a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck
2: the act of propelling with force [syn:
launching]
launch
v 1: set up or found;
“She set up a literacy program” [syn:
establish,
set up,
found] [ant:
abolish]
2: propel with force;
“launch the space shuttle”;
“Launch a
ship”
3: launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage;
“launch a ship”
4: begin with vigor;
“He launched into a long diatribe”;
“She
plunged into a dangerous adventure” [syn:
plunge]
5: get going; give impetus to;
“launch a career”;
“Her actions
set in motion a complicated judicial process” [syn:
set in motion
]
6: smoothen the surface of;
“float plaster”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Launched
Launch
\Launch\ (l[add]nch or l[aum]nch), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Launched (l[add]ncht or l[aum]ncht); p. pr. & vb. n.
Launching.] [OE. launchen to throw as a lance, OF.
lanchier, another form of lancier, F. lancer, fr. lance
lance. See
Lance.] [Written also
lanch.]
1. To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.
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2. To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce. [Obs.]
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Launch your hearts with lamentable wounds.
--Spenser.
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3. To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to
set afloat; as, to launch a ship.
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With stays and cordage last he rigged the ship,
And rolled on levers, launched her in the deep.
--Pope.
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4. To send out; to start (one) on a career; to set going; to
give a start to (something); to put in operation; as, to
launch a son in the world; to launch a business project or
enterprise.
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All art is used to sink episcopacy, and launch
presbytery in England. --Eikon
Basilike.
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