latch.
To close or lock as if with a latch.
Meaning & usage
To close or lock as if with a latch.
To catch; lay hold of.
To use a latch (kind of lightweight lock).
To connect to the breast.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English lacchen (“to seize, catch, grasp”, verb), from Old English læċċan (“to grasp, take hold of, catch, seize”), from Proto-Germanic *lakjaną, *lakwijaną, *lakkijaną (“to seize”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₂g-, *(s)leh₂gʷ- (“to take, seize”). Cognate with Middle Dutch lakken (“to grasp, catch”).
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.
An electronic circuit that is like a flip-flop, except that it is level triggered instead of edge triggered.
A latching.
A crossbow.
That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare.
A breastfeeding baby's connection to the breast.
A lightweight lock to protect internal structures from being modified by multiple concurrent accesses.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English latche, lacche (“a latch; a trap”), from lacchen (“to seize, catch, grasp”), from Old English læċċan (“to grasp, take hold of, catch, seize”). See above for more.
To smear; to anoint.
Where this word comes from
Compare French lécher (“to lick”).
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