Definitions for latch

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latch latch

Spelling: [lach]

IPA: /lætʃ/

Latch is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 60 anagrams from letters in latch (achlt).

Definitions for latch

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 phrases

1. latch on, to grab or hold on, as to an object or idea, especially tightly or tenaciously. to include or add in; attach:
2. latch onto, Informal. to take possession of; obtain; get. to acquire understanding of; comprehend. to attach oneself to; join in with:

verb (used with object)

1. to close or fasten with a latch.

verb (used without object)

1. to close tightly so that the latch is secured:

Origin of latch

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

Examples for latch

Instead, we latch onto the number and use that as a symbol of everything else.

As his hand neared the latch I could see in the dim light that his movements were unsteady.

Since its release last fall, the music video for “latch” has already amassed over 15 million views on YouTube.

She lifted the latch, and set her shoulder against the panel.

The boy's hand had come upon a latch; he lifted it, and pushed.

It takes a long time for the entertainment community to latch on to a hot new trend.

As she laid her hand on the latch of the door, she trembled and drew back.

“If a reclining seat fails to latch properly it has to be taken out of service,” says Mann, costing the airline even more.

The gate was closed, but he tried it and found it on the latch.

Which is necessary because the characters he encounters on his journey are often way too kooky—and, well, Guest-ian—to latch onto.