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noun
1.
a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
verb (used with object)
2.
to close or fasten with a latch.
verb (used without object)
Verb phrases 3.
to close tightly so that the latch is secured: The door won't latch.
4.
5.
latch onto, Informal.
a.
to take possession of; obtain; get.
b.
to acquire understanding of; comprehend.
c.
to attach oneself to; join in with: The stray dog latched onto the children and wouldn't go home.
Origin:
before 950; 1930–35 for def 5; Middle English lacchen, Old English lǣccan to take hold of, catch, seize; akin to Greek lázesthai to take
before 950; 1930–35 for def 5; Middle English lacchen, Old English lǣccan to take hold of, catch, seize; akin to Greek lázesthai to take
Related forms
re·latch, verb (used with object)
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latch (lætʃ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a fastening for a gate or door that consists of a bar that may be slid or lowered into a groove, hole, etc |
| 2. | a spring-loaded door lock that can be opened by a key from outside |
| 3. | electronics Also called: latch circuit a logic circuit that transfers the input states to the output states when signalled, the output thereafter remaining insensitive to changes in input status until signalled again |
| —vb | |
| 4. | to fasten, fit, or be fitted with or as if with a latch |
| [Old English læccan to seize, of Germanic origin; related to Greek lazesthai] | |
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Word Origin & History
latch
O.E. læccan "to grasp or seize," from P.Gmc. *lakkijanan. Not found in other Gmc. languages; probably from PIE *(s)lagw- "to seize" (see analemma). The noun is first recorded 1331, from the verb. Latchkey (1825) is a key to draw back the latch of a door; latchkey
child first recorded 1944, Amer.Eng., in ref. to children who come home from school while both parents are at work.
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