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41 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• launch v. (Transitive) To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.
• launch v. (Transitive, obsolete) To pierce with, or as with, a lance.
• launch v. (Transitive) To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat.
• launch v. (Transitive) To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground.
• launch v. (Transitive) To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something);…
• launch v. (Transitive, computing) To start (a program or feature); to execute or bring into operation.
• launch v. (Transitive) To release; to put onto the market for sale.
• launch v. (Intransitive) Of a ship, rocket, balloon, etc.: to depart on a voyage; to take off.
• launch v. (Intransitive, often with out) To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into…
• launch v. (Intransitive, computing, of a program) To start to operate.
• launch n. The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on…
• launch n. The act or fact of launching (A ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.).
• launch n. An event held to celebrate the launch of a ship/vessel, project, a new book, etc.; a launch party.
• launch n. (Nautical) The boat of the largest size and/or of most importance belonging to a ship of war, and often…
• launch n. (Nautical) A boat used to convey guests to and from a yacht.
• launch n. (Nautical) An open boat of any size powered by steam, petrol, electricity, etc.

— English words, defined in French —

• launch v. Lancer.
• launch v. Prendre l’initiative.
• launch n. Lancement.
• launch n. Vedette, bateau de plaisance.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• launch v. Lanzar.
• launch v. De un barco, cohete, dirigible, etc.: partir en un viaje; despegar.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• launch s. (Militare), (astronomia) lancio.
• launch s. (Di un prodotto) lancio.
• launch s. Lancio, presentazione.
• launch s. (Marina) lancia, scialuppa.
• launch s. (Marina militare) lancia, motolancia.
• launch s. (Marina) varo.
• launch s. Sparare, lanciare.
• launch s. Lanciare, catapultare.
• launch s. (Marina) varare, calare in acqua, mettere in acqua.
• launch s. Scagliare, lanciare, saettare.
• launch s. Sferrare, vibrare.
• launch s. Lanciare, scagliare.
• launch s. (Marketing) lanciare.
• launch s. Introdurre, commercializzare.
• launch s. Mettere in moto, avviare, iniziare.
• launch s. (Militare) sferrare.
• launch s. (Di truppe)far entrare in combattimento.

— In German —

• Launch S. Werbesprache: die Einführung eines neuen oder neu entwickelten…

— In French —

• launch n.m. (Navigation) (Rare) Vedette.

110 English words from 16 English definitions

act afloat and and/or any ball balloon begin belonging boat book bring by␣steam cause celebrate computing convey dart depart electricity especially etc event execute fact feature flight for force for␣sale from give ground guests held hurl importance into Intransitive its lance land larger largest launch launching launch␣party like market mission most move movement Nautical new obsolete of␣a off often on␣a␣mission onto open operate operation out party payload petrol pierce powered program project projectile propel put release rocket sale send send␣out set ship ship␣of␣war size slide sliding someone something start steam stocks such such␣as swiftness take take␣off the thereof throw Transitive upward used used␣to vessel voyage war water ways with yacht

15 English words from 25 foreign definitions

bateau die dirigible etc far initiative Lancer Marina Marketing moto Navigation neu plaisance Rare Vedette

33 foreign words from 25 foreign definitions

acqua astronomia barco bateau␣de␣plaisance calare catapultare cohete combattimento de␣plaisance despegar eines Einführung entrare entwickelten Lancement lancia lancio Lanzar Mettere␣in␣moto militare neuen oder partir Prendre presentazione prodotto scialuppa truppe un␣viaje varo viaje vibrare Werbesprache

35 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

launcht launched launchee launcher launches launchees launchers launchest launcheth launchful launching launch␣lug launchpad launch␣pad launchway launchable launchfuls launch␣game launchings launch␣loop launch␣lugs launchpads launch␣pads launchways launch␣games launch␣loops launch␣party launch␣window launch␣complex launch␣parties launch␣vehicle launch␣windows launch␣vehicles launch␣complexes launch␣one's␣lunch

42 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

Claunches flaunched flaunches flaunching relaunched relauncher relaunches unlaunched unlaunches flaunchings mislaunched mislaunches outlaunched outlaunches relaunchers relaunching slaunchwise unlaunching autolaunched autolaunches cold␣launches hard␣launches mislaunching outlaunching overlaunched overlaunches relaunchable relaunchings soft␣launches unlaunchable autolaunching overlaunching paper␣launches rocket␣launcher custard␣launcher grenade␣launcher rocket␣launchers custard␣launchers grenade␣launchers Space␣Launch␣System Space␣Launcher␣System zero-length␣launching

17 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Claunch flaunch relaunch unlaunch mislaunch outlaunch prelaunch pre-launch autolaunch cold␣launch hard␣launch overlaunch postlaunch soft␣launch paper␣launch failure␣to␣launch failures␣to␣launch

6 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

lau Lau unc UNC unch unch.

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

HCN UAL -ual

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

chulan nuchal

14 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Calhoun chalung Claunch Culhane flaunch Hulance Lan-chou launcht Lichuan Li-ch'uan McLuhan nuchals tulchan unlatch

11 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Canul chaun chula hulan Hulan lanch Lucan lunch nucha uhlan uncal

8 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

faunch gaunch haunch launce Lausch maunch paunch raunch

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

lanch lunch

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