latch — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To close or lock as if with a latch.

2. To catch; lay hold of.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   Where hearing should not latch them.

3. To use a latch (kind of lightweight lock).

4. To connect to the breast.

   Usage

   • of a breastfeeding baby

Noun

1. A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   The cleverly constructed latch which Clayton had made for the door had sprung as Kerchak passed out; nor could the apes find means of ingress through the heavily barred windows.

2. An electronic circuit that is like a flip-flop, except that it is level triggered instead of edge triggered.

3. A latching.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

4. A crossbow.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

5. That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

   Examples

   Love will none other birde catch, Though he set either nette or latch

6. A breastfeeding baby's connection to the breast.

7. A lightweight lock to protect internal structures from being modified by multiple concurrent accesses.

Verb

1. To smear; to anoint.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

   Examples

   But hast thou yet latch'd the Athenian's eyes With the love-juice , as I did bid thee do?

Noun

1. spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key

   Synonyms

   door latch

   Broader terms

   lock

2. catch for fastening a door or gate; a bar that can be lowered or slid into a groove

   Broader terms

   catch

Verb

1. fasten with a latch

   Broader terms

   fastenfixsecure

   Examples

   latch the door