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latch
 (l  ch)
KEY
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.
- A spring lock, as for a door, that is opened from the outside by a key.
VERB:
latched
,
latch·ing
,
latch·es
VERB:
tr.
- To close or lock with or as if with a latch.
VERB:
intr.
- To have or be closed with a latch.
- To shut tightly so that the latch is engaged:
a door too warped to latch.
IDIOM:
latch
on to
/onto
- To get hold of; obtain:
latched on to a fortune in the fur trade.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English latche, from lacchen, to seize, from Old English læccan
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