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latch English

Meaning latch meaning

What does latch mean?
Definitions in simple English

latch Noun

— A latch is a metal lever for fastening a door — A latch is a kind of electronics circuit which holds signal shortly.

latch

— verb fasten with a latch latch the door — noun catch for fastening a door or gate; a bar that can be lowered or slid into a groove — noun spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key

Synonyms latch synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as latch?

latch English » English

bolt lock bar catch door latch hook hasp door-bolt clasp secure pawl padlock lock up fasten door bolt crossbar wooden bolt trigger thorn stab spring lock spring bolt splinter snap-lock snap rim lock prick pin nightlatch night latch locker lock-on latching interlock interlace handle fix fastening fastener doorknob door handle close clog up button breechblock breech lock breech closer barrier attach

Topics latch topics

What do people use latch to talk about?
Work and occupation Tool

Fastening tool
Physical actions Arrange

Join, attach

Conjugation latch conjugation

How do you conjugate latch?

latch · verb

Examples latch examples

How do I use latch in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The door is on the latch.

Movie subtitles

Latch the kitchen window?
But I have words that would be howl'd out in the desert air, where hearing should not latch them.
To land a job on a small-town paper like yours and wait and hope and pray for something big to break, something I can latch on to, something the wire services will gobble up and yell for more.
Well, I figured the cow couldn't work that latch.
But when you put it through the latch of a boxcar, you can't open the door from the inside.
Maybe I can reach the latch.
There's a latch on top of the cage.
Princess, there's a latch on top of this cage.
I see the latch.
Now lock the gate and put the key back in the latch.
I drifted till I had to latch onto something or go down the drain.
Then we can activate the tracking systems on the B-142 and enable it to latch on to the UFO.
Latch the hook onto that rail.
Here, now, with most grievous dispatch, I will open the latch and get to her snatch.
A door latch or the cocking of a. 45 caliber pistol?
Latch the cellars!
I'd have that latch fixed, especially if you go in there a lot.
The timer is in the latch, right here. When you use the bottom slot, the timer is activated.
This bottom latch activates the timer.
There isn't a thing to latch onto.
The latch is on this side, and it works.
But the latch must stay open.
His lordship always uses his latch key.
Well, git 'r go, where'd you latch onto that 'un?
When we hang the latch string out at The Furies, we put no time limit on it, do we?
When his hand touches the latch, do not hesitate. Strike!
Begging to be done like those desirable bijou residences with everyone sitting, goggling, with the bedroom window on the latch, or the back door open for Tiddles.
Undo the latch!
Damn door latch.
Charlie, latch the twins to the frame.

News and current affairs

The urban middle classes, impatient with the slow processes of democracy, latch on to holy men and their magic potions.
Islamist extremism is a handy revolutionary creed for vulnerable young people to latch onto, to gain a sense of power and belonging.

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