Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. i.) To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly. 2. (v. i.) To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce. 3. (v. i.) To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship. 4. (v. i.) To send out; to start (one) on a career; to set going; to give a start to (something); to put in operation; as, to launch a son in the world; to launch a business project or enterprise. 5. (v. i.) To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to make a beginning; as, to launch into the current of a stream; to launch into an argument or discussion; to launch into lavish expenditures; -- often with out. 6. (n.) The act of launching. 7. (n.) The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. 8. (n.) The boat of the largest size belonging to a ship of war; also, an open boat of any size driven by steam, naphtha, electricity, or the like. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia LAUNCH lanch, lonch. See SHIPS AND BOATS, III, 1.

Multi-Version Concordance Launch (3 Occurrences) Luke 5:4 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. (KJV) Judges 10:18 The people, the princes of Gilead, said one to another, "What man is he who will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead." (See NIV) Psalms 59:3 For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, Yahweh. (See NAS)