latch

verb

1. To close or lock as if with a latch.
2. (transitive)To catch; lay hold of.

   “Where hearing should not latch them.”

3. To use a latch (kind of lightweight lock).
4. To connect to the breast.
5. (obsolete)To smear; to anoint.

   “But hast thou yet latch'd the Athenian's eyes With the love-juice , as I did bid thee do?”

noun

1. 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.

   “The cleverly constructed latch which Clayton had made for the door had sprung as Kerchak passed out; nor could the apes find means of ingress through the heavily barred windows.”

2. An electronic circuit that is like a flip-flop, except that it is level triggered instead of edge triggered.
3. (obsolete)A latching.
4. (obsolete)A crossbow.
5. (obsolete)That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare.

   “Love will none other birde catch, Though he set either nette or latch”

6. A breastfeeding baby's connection to the breast.
7. A lightweight lock to protect internal structures from being modified by multiple concurrent accesses.
8. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable)Acronym of lower anchors and tethers for children.