To make a sale.
To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.
To cancel or reverse (a trading position).
To make (e.g. a gap) smaller.
To move so that an opening is closed.
To grapple; to engage in close combat.
To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine.
To come to an end.
To put an end to; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to consummate.
To obstruct (an opening).
To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.
To turn off; to switch off.
The common staircase in a tenement.
A cathedral close.
The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed
The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
An end or conclusion.
A grapple in wrestling.
The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
The time when checkin staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
A double bar marking the end.
A street that ends in a dead end.
Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact.
Marked, evident.
Intimate; well-loved.
Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict.
Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer or goal); near
Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
At a little distance; near.
Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
Hot, humid, with no wind.
Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
Narrow; confined.
Short.
Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced.
To release; to put onto the market for sale
To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat.
To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground.
To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.
Of a ship, rocket, balloon, etc.: to depart on a voyage; to take off.
To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation
To start to operate.
To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin.
To start (a program or feature); to execute or bring into operation.
The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.).
A boat used to convey guests to and from a yacht.
An open boat of any size powered by steam, petrol, electricity, etc.
The boat of the largest size and/or of most importance belonging to a ship of war, and often called the "captain's boat" or "captain's launch".
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.)
An event held to celebrate the launch of a ship/vessel, project, a new book, etc.; a launch party.