· a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck

Hypernym(s): motorboat, powerboat

· the act of propelling with force

Synonym(s): launching

Hypernym(s): propulsion, actuation

· set up or found; "She set up a literacy program"

Synonym(s): establish, set_up, found

Hypernym(s): open, open_up

· propel with force; "launch the space shuttle"; "Launch a ship"

Hypernym(s): propel, impel

· launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage; "launch a ship"

Hypernym(s): launch, set_in_motion

· begin with vigor; "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure"

Synonym(s): plunge

Hypernym(s): get_down, begin, get, start_out, start, set_about, set_out, commence

· get going; give impetus to; "launch a career"; "Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process"

Synonym(s): set_in_motion

Hypernym(s): move, displace

· smoothen the surface of; "launch plaster"

Hypernym(s): smooth, smoothen