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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An electronic circuit that is like a flip-flop, except that it is level triggered instead of edge triggered.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
A latching.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
A crossbow.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
A breastfeeding baby's connection to the breast.
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noun
A lightweight lock to protect internal structures from being modified by multiple concurrent accesses.
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Topics: computing, databases, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Acronym of lower anchors and tethers for children.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
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verb
To close or lock as if with a latch.
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verb
To catch; lay hold of.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To use a latch (kind of lightweight lock).
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Topics: computing, databases, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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verb
To connect to the breast.
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verb
To smear; to anoint.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
catch for fastening a door or gate; a bar that can be lowered or slid into a groove
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: catch
noun
spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: door latch
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Broader terms: lock
verb
fasten with a latch
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fasten, fix, secure
History
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.
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”).
Compare French lécher (“to lick”).
Across languages
145 source translations are retained for this English entry.
