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lancer — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bootstrap verb To start and grow a business or project using only your own money and revenue, without outside investment.
  • cast verb To throw something, especially with some force or intent.
  • debut noun A first public performance or appearance.
  • institute noun An organization set up for a particular purpose, often research, education, or a professional cause.
  • launch verb To send something (a rocket, ship, or projectile) into motion, often forcefully.
  • mount noun A hill or mountain, especially used before a proper name.
  • pitch noun A persuasive presentation intended to sell or promote something.
  • play verb To engage in an activity purely for fun or recreation.
  • retort noun A sharp, witty, or cutting reply, especially one that turns an insult back on the person who made it.
  • shy adj Nervous or uncomfortable around other people; reluctant to draw attention to oneself.
  • sling verb To throw something with a swinging or arcing motion.
  • throw verb To send an object through the air using force from your hand or arm.
  • toss verb To throw something lightly or carelessly, usually with an upward motion.

Senses

lancer is used for these senses in English:

  • cast (nautical) To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by use of the headsail; to bring (a ship) round. [from 18th c.]
  • debut (transitive, chiefly, US) to formally introduce, as to the public
  • get out (transitive) To publish or make available; to disseminate.
  • get started (transitive, idiom) To cause (someone) to start talking about something in length.
  • institute (transitive) To begin or initiate (something); to found.
  • mount (transitive) To begin (a campaign, military assault, etc.); to launch.
  • pitch (baseball) The act of pitching a baseball.
  • pitch (transitive, or, intransitive, baseball) To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.

bootstrap — full definition

  1. verb To start and grow a business or project using only your own money and revenue, without outside investment.
  2. verb In computing, to start up a computer or system by loading a small initial program that then loads the rest.
  3. noun A loop of leather or fabric at the back of a boot, used to pull it on.

cast — full definition

  1. verb To throw something, especially with some force or intent.
  2. verb To choose actors for the roles in a play, film, or show.
  3. verb To shape a liquid material, especially molten metal, by pouring it into a mould.
  4. noun The group of actors performing in a play, film, or show.
  5. noun A rigid support, often plaster, used to hold a broken bone in place while it heals.

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