launce | (noun) very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches | Synonyms: sand eel, sand lance, sand launce |
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launch | (noun) the act of propelling with force | Synonyms: launching |
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(noun) a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck | - |
(verb) begin with vigor | Synonyms: plunge |
(verb) propel with force | - |
(verb) launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage | - |
(verb) get going; give impetus to | Synonyms: set in motion |
(verb) smoothen the surface of | - |
(verb) set up or found | Synonyms: establish, found, set up |
launcher | (noun) armament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocket | Synonyms: rocket launcher |
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(noun) a device that launches aircraft from a warship | Synonyms: catapult |
launching | (noun) the act of propelling with force | Synonyms: launch |
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(noun) the act of beginning something new | Synonyms: debut, entry, first appearance, introduction, unveiling |
(noun) the act of moving a newly built vessel into the water for the first time | - |
launchpad | (noun) a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched | Synonyms: launch area, launch pad, launching pad, pad |
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launder | (verb) convert illegally obtained funds into legal ones | - |
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(verb) cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water | Synonyms: wash |
launderette | (noun) a self-service laundry (service mark Laundromat) where coin-operated washing machines are available to individual customers | Synonyms: Laundromat |
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laundering | (noun) washing clothes and bed linens | - |
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laundress | (noun) a working woman who takes in washing | Synonyms: laundrywoman, washerwoman, washwoman |
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laundry | (noun) workplace where clothes are washed and ironed | - |
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(noun) garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering | Synonyms: wash, washables, washing |
laundryman | (noun) a man who operates an industrial washing machine | Synonyms: washerman |
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laundrywoman | (noun) a working woman who takes in washing | Synonyms: laundress, washerwoman, washwoman |
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