latch

About 1.49 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To close or lock as if with a latch.
2. verb To catch; lay hold of.
3. verb To use a latch (kind of lightweight lock).
4. verb (of a breastfeeding baby) To connect to the breast.
5. noun 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.
6. noun An electronic circuit that is like a flip-flop, except that it is level triggered instead of edge triggered.
7. noun A latching.
8. noun A crossbow.

Similar words

barred bolted fast fastened locked secured locking fastener key lock

Often followed by

on and of onto is to the was with

Word family

latched latches latching