Synonyms for launched
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : lawnch, lahnch |
| Phonetic Transcription : lɔntʃ, lɑntʃ |
Définition of launched
Origin :- c.1300, "to rush, plunge, leap, start forth; to be set into sudden motion," from Old North French lancher (Old French lancier) "to fling, hurl, throw, cast," from Late Latin lanceare "wield a lance," from Latin lancea "light spear" (see lance). Sense of "set (a boat) afloat" first recorded c.1400, from notion of throwing it out on the water; generalized by 1600 to any sort of beginning. The noun meaning "a leap or a bound" is from mid-15c., from the verb. Meaning "the liftoff of a missile, spacecraft, etc." is from 1935. Launch pad attested from 1960.
- adj started
- Then they launched the ship's boat, in which Bates had come to the island, and put out to sea.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- When K. did not reply at once, he launched into an explanation.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- He hesitated a moment, then launched a heavy fist at Kirkwood's face.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- A ship of promise should be—not launched—that was weeks away.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- We silently, perhaps a little fearfully, launched the empty canoe.
- Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
- Then I launched out into the world of fashion—and that, too, soon palled upon me.
- Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
- Their value was not great, for the Fugi had been launched as far back as 1896.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
- She had been built in England as had the Asahi and Shikishima, which were launched in 1900 and 1901.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
- At each new discovery she launched into endless suppositions.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- Then, on Mathieu speaking to him of Blaise, he launched out into protestations of friendship.
- Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
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