To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation
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 start to operate.
To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin.
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.
To force (something) into (a tight space); to squeeze (something) into (a schedule, etc); to exert great effort to insert or include (something); to include (something) despite potent reasons not to.
To use a shoehorn.
To force some current event into alignment with some (usually unconnected) agenda, especially when it is fallacious.
A smooth tool that assists in putting the foot into a shoe, by sliding the heel in after the toe is in place. This reduces discomfort and damage to the back of the shoe. By slipping it into the back of the shoe behind the heel, the user prevents the heel from squashing down the back of the shoe and causing difficulty; instead the heel slides down the smooth shoehorn, which then comes out easily once the foot is in place.
Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium.