launch
     n 1: a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck
     2: the act of propelling with force [syn: {launching}]
     v 1: set up or found; "She set up a literacy program" [syn: {establish},
           {set up}, {found}] [ant: {abolish}]
     2: propel with force; "launch the space shuttle"; "Launch a
        ship"
     3: launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage;
        "launch a ship"
     4: begin with vigor; "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She
        plunged into a dangerous adventure" [syn: {plunge}]
     5: get going; give impetus to; "launch a career"; "Her actions
        set in motion a complicated judicial process" [syn: {set
        in motion}]
     6: smoothen the surface of; "float plaster"
Source: WordNet® 2.0