launch

launch (http://definr.com/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: put up [syn: mount]
     5: begin with vigor; "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She
        plunged into a dangerous adventure" [syn: plunge]
     6: take off or begin; "launch into a speech"
     7: get going; give impetus to; "launch a career"; "Her actions
        set in motion a complicated judicial process" [syn: {set
        in motion}]
     8: smoothen the surface of; "float plaster"