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1. verb /lɔːntʃ,lɔntʃ,lɑntʃ/

a) To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly; to take off, propel with force

b) To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship.

2. noun /lɔːntʃ,lɔntʃ,lɑntʃ/

a) The act of launching.

b) 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.)