launch vessel
1Launch 5 — is a restored NYPD Patrol Launch presently in use as a US Coast Guard Auxiliary Facility as well as for volunteer non profit environmental, public safety and educational work. Launch 5 enjoys a rich history beginning with her construction and… …
2Launch — may refer to:In boating: *Launch (boat), a large motor boat *Motor Launch (ML), a small military vessel used by the Royal Navy *Ship naming and launching, when a ship or boat is dispatched from a slipway, prior to fitting out and commissioningIn… …
3launch — launch1 [lônch] vt. [ME launchen < OFr lanchier < LL(Ec) lanceare, to wield a lance < L lancea, LANCE] 1. to hurl, discharge, or send off (a weapon, blow, etc.) 2. to send forth with some force [to launch a plane by catapult] 3. to cause …
4Launch — Launch, n. 1. The act of launching. [1913 Webster] 2. The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. [1913 Webster] 3. [Cf. Sp. lancha.] (Naut.) The boat of the largest… …
5vessel — n. tube in the body 1) a blood vessel ship, boat 2) to charter a vessel 3) to launch a vessel 4) a cargo; escort; oceangoing vessel * * * [ ves(ə)l] escort oceangoing vessel [ ship, boat ] to charter a vessel [ tube in the body ] a blood vessel a …
6launch — 1. verb /lɔːntʃ,lɔntʃ,lɑntʃ/ a) To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly; to take off, propel with force launch the space shuttle, launch a ship …
7launch — I. /lɔntʃ / (say lawnch) noun 1. a heavy open or half decked boat. 2. the largest boat carried by a warship. {Spanish, Portuguese lancha} II. /lɔntʃ / (say lawnch) verb (t) 1. to set (a boat) afloat; lower into the water. 2. to cause (a newly… …
8launch — The act of launching a vessel; the movement of a vessel from the land into the water, especially the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. An open boat of large size used in any service; a lighter …
9launch — The act of launching a vessel; the movement of a vessel from the land into the water, especially the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. An open boat of large size used in any service; a lighter …
10launch — 1. v. & n. v. 1 tr. set (a vessel) afloat. 2 tr. hurl or send forth (a weapon, rocket, etc.). 3 tr. start or set in motion (an enterprise, a person on a course of action, etc.). 4 tr. formally introduce (a new product) with publicity etc. 5 intr …
