Definizione monolingua

launch

launch (third-person singular simple present launches, present participle launching, simple past and past participle launched)

1. (transitive) To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly; to take off, propel with force

   • launch the space shuttle, launch a ship

2. (transitive, obsolete) To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce.

   • (Can we date this quote?) Launch your hearts with lamentable wounds. - Edmund Spenser

3. (transitive) To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship.

   • (Can we date this quote?) With stays and cordage last he rigged the ship, And rolled on levers, launched her in the deep. - Alexander Pope

4. (transitive) To send out; to start (one) on a career; to set going; to give a start to (something); to put in operation.

   launch a son in the world

   launch a business project or enterprise.

   • (Can we date this quote?) All art is used to sink episcopacy, and launch presbytery in England. - Eikon Basilike

5. (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; as, to launch into the current of a stream; to launch into an argument or discussion; to launch into lavish expenditures.

   • (Can we date this quote?) Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. - Luke 5:4

     (Can we date this quote?) He [Spenser] launches out into very flowery paths. - Matthew Prior

   • 1969, Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, ch. 23:

     My class was wearing butter-yellow pique dresses, and Momma launched out on mine. She smocked the yoke into tiny crisscrossing puckers, then shirred the rest of the bodice.

launch (plural launches)

1. The act of launching.
2. 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.)

Definizione dizionario launch

	lancio
	To activate an application program from the operating system's user interface.

	varare
	Spingere in acqua per la prima volta una nave appena costruita.

lancia

	avviare
	To activate an application program from the operating system's user interface.

	avvio
	To activate an application program from the operating system's user interface.

decollare

lanciare

lanciarsi

scagliare

scialuppa

sferrare

tirare

varo

Altri significati:

throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force

(of waves) dash

(transitive) To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly; to take off, propel with force

let (a person) off

starting (e.g. engine, computer)

(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; as, to launch into the current of a stream; to launch into an argument or discussion; to launch into lavish expenditures.

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.)

release (for sale)

act of launching

(transitive) To send out; to start (one) on a career; to set going; to give a start to (something); to put in operation.

The act of launching.

cause to move or slide from the land into the water

(steam) launch

movement of a vessel from land into the water

strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce

(nautical) An open boat of any size powered by steam, naphtha, electricity, or the like. (Compare Spanish '''lancha''' .)

(transitive) To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship.

(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".

boat of the largest size belonging to a ship of war

send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation

(transitive, obsolete) To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce.

To give a start to (something); to put in operation.

(nautical) A boat used to convey guests to and from a yaucht.

A boat used to convey guests to and from a yaucht