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latch

  [lach]
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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)
3. to close tightly so that the latch is secured: The door won't latch.
—Verb phrases
4. latch on,
a. to grab or hold on, as to an object or idea, esp. tightly or tenaciously.
b. to include or add in; attach: If we latch the tax on, the bill will come to over $100.
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:
bef. 950; 1930–35 for def. 5; ME lacchen, OE lǣccan to take hold of, catch, seize; akin to Gk lázesthai to take
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On Latches
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Word Origin & History

latch  (v.)
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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