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1. Start an new organization or institution
   - establish, set up, found
    
2. Propel with force
   "launch the space shuttle"; "Launch a ship"
    
3. Cause to move or slide from the land into the water; set afloat
   "launch a ship"
    
4. Begin with vigour
   "He launched into a long diatribe"
   - plunge
    
5. Get going; give impetus to
   "launch a career"
   - set in motion
    
6. Smoothen the surface of
   "launch plaster"

1. A motorboat with an open deck or a half deck
    
2. The act of propelling with force
   - launching

Derived forms: launched, launches, launching

See also: launcher

Type of: actuation, begin, commence, displace, get, get down, impel, motorboat, move, open, open up, powerboat, propel, propulsion, set about, set out, smooth, smoothen, start, start out

Encyclopedia: Launch