launch definition

1. a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck
2. the act of propelling with force
3. propel with force
• examples: launch the space shuttle
• examples: Launch a ship
4. launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage
• examples: launch a ship
5. get going; give impetus to
• examples: launch a career
• examples: Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process
6. smoothen the surface of
• examples: launch plaster