(transitive) To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force. / (transitive, obsolete) To pierce with, or as with, a lance.

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.)

(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".

simple past tense and past participle of launch

present participle of launch

The act by which something is launched; a launch.

plural of launch

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of launch

plural of launching

plural of launchful