launch in WordNet English dictionary

1. set up or found
   "She set up a literacy program"
   establish  set up  found  launch 
   
2. begin with vigor
   "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure"
   plunge  launch 
   
3. propel with force
   "launch the space shuttle"; "Launch a ship"
   launch 
   
4. launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage
   "launch a ship"
   launch 
   
5. get going; give impetus to
   "launch a career"; "Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process"
   launch  set in motion 
   
6. smoothen the surface of
   "launch plaster"
   launch 
   

1. the act of propelling with force
   launching  launch 
   
2. a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck
   launch