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Meaning of launch

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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}, {launch}] [ant: {abolish},
           {get rid of}]
      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}, {launch}]
      5: get going; give impetus to; "launch a career"; "Her actions
         set in motion a complicated judicial process" [syn: {launch},
         {set in motion}]
      6: smoothen the surface of; "launch plaster"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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