launching
lawn ching
- n the act of moving a newly built vessel into the water for the first time
- n the act of beginning something new
- n the act of propelling with force
- v set up or found
- v propel with force
- v launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage
- v begin with vigor
- v get going; give impetus to
- v smoothen the surface of
- Land-locked Denver staged a significant "launching" last week.
- The swollen, translucent iMac has proved an instant hit since launching in August; a quarter million $1,299 machines were sold in the first six weeks.
- For the launching last week of the Navy's second atomic submarine at Groton, Conn.