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31latch — [[t]lætʃ[/t]] n. 1) a device for holding a door, gate, or the like closed, usu. a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc 2) to close or fasten with a latch 3) to close tightly so that the latch is secured 4) phv latch on to grab… …
32Latch — This interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and may be an occupational name for a physician, deriving from the Olde English pre 7th Century laece meaning leech. However it is normally locational deriving from the villages of Lache in… …
33latch — /lætʃ / (say lach) 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 (t) 2. to close or fasten with a latch. –verb (i) 3. to fasten tightly so… …
34latch — Latching Latch ing, n. (Naut.) A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which it is attached to the foot of a sail; called also {latch} and {lasket}. [Usually in pl.] [1913 Webster] …
35latch — I. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English lachen, from Old English læccan; perhaps akin to Greek lambanein to take, seize Date: 13th century 1. to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms used with on or onto 2. to associate oneself… …
36latch — 1. noun /lætʃ/ a) 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. The cleverly constructed latch which Clayton had made for the door had sprung as Kerch …
37latch — v. (colloq.) (d; intr.) to latch onto (since he didn t know anyone else, he latched onto us) * * * [lætʃ] (colloq.) (d; intr.) to latch onto (since he didn t know anyone else, he latched onto us) …
38latch on — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms latch on : present tense I/you/we/they latch on he/she/it latches on present participle latching on past tense latched on past participle latched on informal to suddenly understand or realize something …
39latch — [lætʃ] noun [C] I 1) an object for keeping a door, gate etc shut 2) a lock for a door that needs a key to open it from the outside, although it can be opened from the inside without one II verb latch [lætʃ] latch on …
40latch — Kī. Wooden latch, kī lā au. ♦ Latch on sewing machine, kī ū …
