To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.
To delay or impede; to keep back, to prevent.
The buttocks.
Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear or hind, or which follows.
To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin.
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 release; to put onto the market for sale
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.