(v. i.) To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.
(v. i.) To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce.
(v. i.) To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship.
(v. i.) To send out; to start (one) on a career; to set going; to give a start to (something); to put in operation; as, to launch a son in the world; to launch a business project or enterprise.
(v. i.) To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to make a beginning; as, to launch into the current of a stream; to launch into an argument or discussion; to launch into lavish expenditures; -- often with out.
(n.) The act of launching.
(n.) The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built.
(n.) The boat of the largest size belonging to a ship of war; also, an open boat of any size driven by steam, naphtha, electricity, or the like.
Example Sentences:
(1) On Friday night, in a stadium built in an area once deemed an urban wasteland, the flame that has journeyed from Athens to every corner of these islands will light the fire that launches the London Olympics of 2012.
(2) A survey carried out two and three years after the launch of the official campaign also showed a reduction in the prevalence of rickets in children taking low dose supplements equivalent to about 2.5 micrograms (100 IU) vitamin D daily.
(3) Other recommendations for immediate action included a review of the Nursing and Midwifery Council and the General Medical Council for doctors, with possible changes to their structures; the possible transfer of powers to launch criminal prosecutions for care scandals from the Health and Safety Executive to the Care Quality Council; and a new inspection regime, which would focus more closely on how clean, safe and caring hospitals were.
(4) Mindful of their own health ahead of their mission, astronauts at the Russia-leased launchpad in Kazakhstan remain in strict isolation in the days ahead of any launch to avoid exposure to infection.
(5) Brewdog backs down over Lone Wolf pub trademark dispute Read more The fast-growing Scottish brewer, which has burnished its underdog credentials with vocal criticism of how major brewers operate , recently launched a vodka brand called Lone Wolf.
(6) The company also confirmed on Thursday as it launched its sports pay-TV offering at its new broadcasting base in the Olympic Park in Stratford, east London, that former BBC presenter Jake Humphrey will anchor its Premier League coverage.
(7) She successfully appealed against the council’s decision to refuse planning permission, but neighbours have launched a legal challenge to be heard at the high court in June.
(8) Responding to a “We the People” petition, launched after Snowden’s initial leaks were published in the Guardian two years ago, the Obama administration on Tuesday reiterated its belief that he should face criminal charges for his actions.
(9) The number of seats has been reduced from 72,000 to 68,000, with another 12,000 to be added after the Games to meet the 80,000 minimum required in case Japan launches a bid to host the football World Cup.
(10) It will form part of an investigation launched by the cabinet secretary, Sir Jeremy Heywood, on the orders of David Cameron to determine the British government's actions over the raid on Sikhism's holiest site in Amritsar.
(11) Read more After Monday’s launch at 7.30am (11.30pm GMT), the taikonauts will dock with the Tiangong 2 space laboratory, where they will spend about a month, testing systems and processes for space stays and refuelling, and doing scientific experiments.
(12) Following its success, Littleloud created a version of the game for Apple's iPad, launched onto the App Store at Christmas.
(13) Kiev said the jets were downed by a missile launched from Russian territory , and that the pilots had parachuted out.
(14) In spite of this fundamental disagreement, they were both relieved that President Obama has suspended his plan to launch missiles against Syria .
(15) In the Isa world, the past few weeks have seen a flurry of new launches , some offering table-topping rates .
(16) We believe Oisin has a very exciting future at the BBC.” Clarkson, May and Hammond have signed up to launch a rival show on Amazon’s TV service , while Chris Evans is currently filming a new series of the BBC’s Top Gear show with fellow presenters Matt LeBlanc and Eddie Jordan.
(17) Its Google Preferred initiative, launched in October 2014, packages up its most popular channels into more appealing media buys for big brands.
(18) The soldiers allegedly launched the attack after one of their comrades was killed when he became involved in an argument over a woman near Fizi hospital.
(19) He was given a standing ovation as he arrived on stage for the launch event at the company's headquarters in Cupertino, San Francisco.
(20) As well as stocking second-hand items for purchase, charity shops such as Oxfam have launched Christmas gifts to provide specific help for poor communities abroad.
Tag
Definition:
(n.) Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label.
(n.) A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.
(n.) The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.
(n.) Something mean and paltry; the rabble.
(n.) A sheep of the first year.
(n.) A sale of usually used items (such as furniture, clothing, household items or bric-a-brac), conducted by one or a small group of individuals, at a location which is not a normal retail establishment.
(v. t.) To fit with, or as with, a tag or tags.
(v. t.) To join; to fasten; to attach.
(v. t.) To follow closely after; esp., to follow and touch in the game of tag. See Tag, a play.
(v. i.) To follow closely, as it were an appendage; -- often with after; as, to tag after a person.
(v.) A child's play in which one runs after and touches another, and then runs away to avoid being touched.
Example Sentences:
(1) In general, optimal DAGAT activity in vitro was observed when long-chain unsaturated acyl-CoAs and diacylglycerols (DAGs) containing long acyl chains were used as substrates for in vitro TAG synthesis (although 1,2-didecanoin was also very effective).
(2) Calves were tagged in the right ear with the green certified preconditioned for health (CPH) tag of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners.
(3) They could go out and trade for a pitcher such as the New York Mets’ Bartolo Colón , an obvious choice despite his 41 years, but he would come with an $11m price tag for next season and have to pass through the waiver wires process first – considering the wily mood Billy Beane is in this year, the A’s could be the team that blocks such a move.
(4) Nuclear pores were frequently tagged after estradiol treatment.
(5) In north-west Copenhagen, among the quiet, graffiti-tagged streets of red-brick blocks and low-rise social housing bordering the multi-ethnic Nørrebro district, police continued to cordon off roads and search a flat near the spot where officers killed a man believed to be behind Denmark’s bloodiest attacks in over a decade.
(6) I still can’t figure out who this is aimed at: I’m imagining characters who think they’re in Wolf of Wall Street, with such an inflated sense of entitlement that even al desko meals need to come with Michelin tags.
(7) Genetic relations of skin tags, colon polyps, and colon cancer are a matter of ongoing research.
(8) Here we describe the cloning of da by the transposon tagging approach as well as some aspects of the molecular characterization of wild-type and mutant alleles.
(9) Liquid nitrogen spray followed by light electrodesiccation treatment is helpful in the management of flat warts, small skin tags, seborrheic keratoses, and cherry angiomas.
(10) Harry Kane laughs off one-season wonder tag after Alan Shearer pep talk Read more “He is a great role model.
(11) This is a report on our experience with the EPICS C (Coultronics) cytometric flux apparatus, a screening cell analyzer, employing a laser ray (2 or 5 watts); we obtained good results to analyze immunologically-tagged mononuclear blood cells with or without prior separation: for rhythm, repeatability, and contamination.
(12) Monoclonal antibodies tagged with chelated metal ions have numerous potential applications.
(13) Not just going to a live show, but that kind of live show, with that kind of audience, the kind where mums and dads either have to tag along or turn up at the end to pick their children up.
(14) The recurrent cases were found to be caused by adhesion bands produced by hanging tags of incompletely removed yellow ligament.
(15) Bolus tracking, flow enhancement by spin replacement, and selective tagging are three classes of methods being pursued for MR angiography.
(16) We evaluated 109 women with endometrial carcinoma to determine the accuracy of preoperative tumor-associated antigen levels (CA 125, CA 72, CA 15-3) for prediction of extrauterine disease and whether TAG 72, CA 15-3, or both would improve the predictive value of CA 125 alone.
(17) The duration of S phase was unaffected by Tag expression.
(18) Although more than one vector can be utilized, only a library of fragments cloned into any single phage, phagemid or plasmid vector is actually required, together with a set of tagged oligonucleotide primers.
(19) The results also showed that Tag treated fruits developed their internal and external coloration normally, whereas mangos with Falvorseal coating did not develop their external coloration nor their red internal coloration.
(20) In addition, nonheme iron absorption from a test meal of the respective beef pattie consumed for the 180 days was estimated by the extrinsic tag procedure.