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latch L0060000 (lăch)n.1. 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.2. A spring lock, as for a door, that is opened from the outside by a key.v. latched, latch·ing, latch·es v.tr. To close or lock with a latch.v.intr.1. To have or be closed with a latch.2. To shut tightly so that the latch is engaged: a door too warped to latch.Idiom: latch on to/onto1. To get hold of; obtain: latched on to a fortune in the fur trade.2. To cling to. [Middle English latche, from lacchen, to seize, from Old English læccan.]EncyclopediaSeelatch |