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
- verb To start and grow a business or project using only your own money and revenue, without outside investment.
- verb In computing, to start up a computer or system by loading a small initial program that then loads the rest.
- noun A loop of leather or fabric at the back of a boot, used to pull it on.
cast — full definition
- verb To throw something, especially with some force or intent.
- verb To choose actors for the roles in a play, film, or show.
- verb To shape a liquid material, especially molten metal, by pouring it into a mould.
- noun The group of actors performing in a play, film, or show.
- noun A rigid support, often plaster, used to hold a broken bone in place while it heals.