noun. A fastening, as for a door or gate, typically consisting of a bar that fits into a notch or slot and is lifted from either side by a lever or string.

noun. A spring lock, as for a door, that is opened from the outside by a key.

intransitive verb. To close or lock with a latch.

intransitive verb. To have or be closed with a latch.

intransitive verb. To shut tightly so that the latch is engaged.

idiom. (on to/onto) To get hold of; obtain.

idiom. (on to/onto) To cling to.

noun. A miry place.

noun. A device for catching or retaining something; a catch.

noun. A kind of gravity-lock, or door fastening consisting of some form of pivoted bolt falling into and catching against a catch or stop. Latches are usually made with a lifter or lever for raising the bar from either side of the door. Some simple forms consist merely of a wooden baron the inside, which is raised by a string passed through a hole in the door, Door- and gate-latches are made in many forms, and are described by their names, rim-, night-, thumb-latches, etc.

noun. Nautical, a small line like a loop, used to fasten a bonnet on the foot of a sail. Also latching.

noun. The trigger of a crossbow; hence, the crossbow itself when it is of the kind discharged by a latch.

noun. In a knitting-machine, same as fly, 3 .

To pour or drip (water); dribble.

To drip a liquid upon; moisten.

See leach.

noun. A tanners' pit, sunk below the general level of the ground, in which ooze is prepared from tan-bark or other similar material by leaching it with water. A contraction of latch- or leach-pit.

To seize; lay hold of; snatch; catch.

To take; snatch up or off.

To receive; obtain.

To hold; support; retain.

To close or fasten with a latch; as, to latch a gate.

To snatch: with at.

To light or fall.

To tarry; loiter; lag.

transitive verb. To smear; to anoint.

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

noun. A movable piece which holds anything in place by entering a notch or cavity; specifically, the catch which holds a door or gate when closed, though it be not bolted.

noun. A latching.

noun. A crossbow.

transitive verb. To catch so as to hold.

transitive verb. To catch or fasten by means of a latch.

noun. 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.

noun. A flip-flop electronic circuit

noun. A latching.

noun. A crossbow.

verb. To close or lock as if with a latch

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

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

verb. fasten with a latch

"If the door opens inward the latch is the right way for the look to be on the outside"

deadlatch  on the latch  

latch on  latch on to  latch onto  latched  latching  

catch  fasten  fix  lock  secure  

Rach  Thatch  Vlach  attach  batch  

assembly  bolt  brake  cam  catch  

anoint  articulate  bang  bar  barricade  

latched  latches  latching