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(v)
(intransitive) To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.
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To start (an institution or organization).
(idiomatic) To trigger movement or progress; to get going.
(n)
A hill or mountain.
(transitive) To make ready for use.
(transitive) To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
Alternative spelling of kick start. [(transitive) To start a motorcycle.]
To launch (forcefully project) a projectile.
Alternative spelling of startup. [The act or process of starting a process or machine.]
The act by which something is cranked.
Alternative spelling of kick-off. [(soccer, American football) The opening kick of each half of a game of football.]
(countable) an instance of shooting with a gun or other weapon
Alternative form of liftoff. [(aerospace) The point in the launch of a rocket or an aircraft where it leaves contact with the ground.]
Alternative form of takeoff. [A launch or ascent into the air or into flight, such as of an aircraft, rocket, bird, high-jumper etc.]
(military) A self-propelled projectile whose trajectory can be adjusted after it is launched. [from 20th c.]
(intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
One who leads or initiates an activity (such as an attack or a campaign).
A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.
(computing) The act by which a computer is booted.
(firearms) A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun.
(transitive) To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.
The act by which something is thrown.
The act of throwing or casting.
(physical) To move, or be moved, away.
(transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
(transitive) To throw (something) with force.
One who or that which launches. A device that throws something or the person who initiates a launch.
A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.
A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
To throw with an initial upward direction.
A person or object that carries someone or something else.
Transportation.
Alternative spelling of rollout. [An act of rolling out; gradual deployment.]
A means of transporting, especially a vehicle.
(transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason.
An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.
(heading) To do with a place or places.
(transitive) To carry out; to put into effect.
To move swiftly.
(now uncommon) The act of conveying; carrying.
(transitive, of food ingredients, usually including egg) To thoroughly combine and cook as a loose mass.
A rotating component of a device that accelerates fluid, increasing its pressure or flowrate.
The action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow, particularly:
An eruption; the sudden appearance of a rash, disease, etc.
A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire, resulting from an electrical surge or excessive heat created by friction.
To bring about; to put into practice; to carry out.
(transitive) To assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war.
Someone who starts, or who starts something.
(footwear) A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
An act of rolling out; gradual deployment.
the act of mobilising
(computing) To install, test and implement a computer system or application.
(transitive) To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
(uncountable) A state of progression from one place to another.
(transitive) To grasp or grip.
(medicine) The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent.
(transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
(transitive) To lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to reveal.
A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.
A transport service (such as a bus or train) that goes back and forth between two or more places.
(physical) An area; somewhere within an area.
(adj)
(chiefly British) Alternative form of setup.
The act of unveiling or uncovering.
(transitive) To remove a veil from; to uncover; to reveal something hidden.
An implementation, or putting into use, of something.
To start, begin.
(military) A cavalry soldier armed with a lance weapon.
(transitive) To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
(transitive) To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.).
That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.
A launch or ascent into the air or into flight, such as of an aircraft, rocket, bird, high-jumper etc.
(Canada, US) To cover with stone, concrete, blacktop or other solid covering, especially to aid travel.
(transitive) To throw out or remove forcefully.
(transitive, sometimes figurative) To free from the condition of being stuck.
(nautical) Any of the various types of small armed vessels.
The act of conveying something.
The act of departing or something that has departed.
anything that propels
(transitive) To send out or give off.
An arrival at a surface, as of an airplane or any descending object.
(figurative) To let go; to release.
The act by which something is released.
(aerospace) The point in the launch of a rocket or an aircraft where it leaves contact with the ground.
(physical) Of shape:
An act or instance of making or becoming open.
To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on.
A long vehicle or craft propelled by a rocket engine; a missile or rocket-propelled spacecraft.
(transitive) To put a device, mechanism (alarm etc.) or system into action or motion; to trigger, to actuate, to set off, to enable.
(transitive) To bring about by urging or encouraging.