Latch

What do we mean by latch?

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. noun

A spring lock, as for a door, that is opened from the outside by a key. noun

To close or lock with a latch. intransitive verb

To have or be closed with a latch. intransitive verb

To shut tightly so that the latch is engaged. intransitive verb

(on to/onto) To get hold of; obtain. idiom

(on to/onto) To cling to. idiom

A miry place. noun

A device for catching or retaining something; a catch. noun

A kind of gravity-lock, or door fastening consisting of some form of pivoted bolt falling into and catching against a catch or stop. Latches are usually made with a lifter or lever for raising the bar from either side of the door. Some simple forms consist merely of a wooden baron the inside, which is raised by a string passed through a hole in the door, Door- and gate-latches are made in many forms, and are described by their names, rim-, night-, thumb-latches, etc. noun

Nautical, a small line like a loop, used to fasten a bonnet on the foot of a sail. Also latching. noun

The trigger of a crossbow; hence, the crossbow itself when it is of the kind discharged by a latch. noun

In a knitting-machine, same as fly, 3 . noun

To pour or drip (water); dribble.

To drip a liquid upon; moisten.

See leach.

A tanners' pit, sunk below the general level of the ground, in which ooze is prepared from tan-bark or other similar material by leaching it with water. A contraction of latch- or leach-pit. noun

To seize; lay hold of; snatch; catch.

To take; snatch up or off.

To receive; obtain.

To close or lock as if with a latch.

To catch; lay hold of.

Words that are spelled similarly to latch:
latch, catch, match, watch, patch, hatch, batch, lath, larch, natch, letch, ratch, klatch, slatch, yatch, clatch, lanch, gatch, atch, lach, tatch, latah, lauch, lasch, laich, satch, vatch, datch.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word latch:
latching, nand, nipple, gated, rug, locking, retract, breech, clocked, hinge, hinged, lever, yarn, bolt, bayonet, hook, pins, trigger, onto, anchors, needle, persist, cam, gills, disclosure, inverted, electrically, lock, sealing, door, barrel, input, locked, kid, pin, plug, handle, manually, handles, hooks, revolver, clock, cylinder, connector, locks, transparent, pull, hood, pulling, mechanism, enable, coil, sliding, folding, gates, screw, processor, output, kits, triggered, bail, canvas, logical, receiver, button, blade, rotating, salmon, doors, signal, logic, loading, hatch, swing, steering, switch, keyboard, gate, incorporating, slam, shaft, configuration, mounted, pressed, pulled, frame, properly, feeding, counter, automatically, weapon, drives, voltage, tool, activated, loose, panel, key, firing, rear.

Words that rhyme with latch:
catch, match, scratch, patch, dispatch, hatch, snatch, batch, attach, thatch, detach, mismatch, mache, natch, tache, brach, potlatch, ratch, klatch, slatch, rache, rach, scatch, rematch, booby hatch, lache, overmatch, cratch, reattach, trache, vache, gatch, edward thatch, crache, thach, smatch, gach, fache, lach, bache, love match, tatch, kach, fair catch, fratch, stach, vlach, sparring match, drach, escape hatch, test match, krach, flach, friction match, shoulder patch, safety catch, boxing match, slow match, shoestring catch, hach, safety match, silver thatch, glottal catch, cumberbatch, vegetable patch, bratsch, tkach, matsch, wrestling match, grzywacz, unattach, whitlatch, bier patch, latsch, tatsch, thermopatch.

Adjectives that are often used to describe latch:
wooden, simple, bit, heavy, transparent, gated, broken, external, rusty, type, second, mechanical, front, inside, internal, octal, door, single, fashioned, clocked, basic, hidden, dynamic, static, open, magnetic, reset, big, outside, tiny, outer, inner, sensitive, dead, positive, iron, secret, proper, rusted, loaded, rim, automatic, night, loose, corresponding, pulsed, ordinary, top, hand, rear, triggered, defective, interrupt, faulty, electric, rude, standard, addressable, double, centric, cold, secondary, bottom, extra, flimsy, shared, typical, eye, based, digital, concealed.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective latch:
key, string, keys, hook, state, bolt, strings, type, hole, design, lifter, circuit, lock, handle, box, click, lifters, based, pin, needle, locks, bridges, mechanism, release, bar, plate, door, ring, keyers, gate, rattle, hooks, catch, spring, ups, errors, cord, fine, designs, doors, grip, guard, link, configuration, addresses, iron, contents, clicks, boxes, catches.

Consonant match to latch:
louche, lurch, leach, leech, loach, letch, lich, leche, looch, lache, loche, lach, lauch, leitch, lerche, laiche, leetch, laatsch, latsch, letsch.

Words that sound like latch:
latch, lach, lache, latsch, lash, leech, leach, lich, luch, leche, lauch, letch, loach, leetch, looch, laiche, leitch, liche, lyche, laich, lasch, looc, lack, leash, ledge, lass, lodge, lush, lan, lurch, lish, lat, luge, liege, lac, lige, lak, latched, lege, loge, lesh, lage, louche, lal, lidge, lanch, lasse, losh, lauge, loosh, blach, klatch, laq, flach, laet, lann, latt, lakh, clatch, lahn, lij, laj, lodg, loj, lch, lesch, lerche, clach, klatsch, loesch, vlach, lakke, laque, losch, slatch, luach, lacc, loje, hatch, yatch, hach, hache, louis, louie, lewi, lewy, lewey, lowy, looey, lii, laue, loewy, clash, bleach, -ly, -less, blitch, blaich, -let, cletch.