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.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
A spring lock, as for a door, that is opened from the outside by a key.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
any of various devices in which mating mechanical parts engage to fasten but usually not to lock something.
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A fastener (as for a door) consisting essentially of a pivoted bar that falls into a notch.
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A fastener (as for a door) in which a spring slides a bolt into a hole.
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verb
To lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms .
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To associate oneself intimately and often artfully .
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To make fast with or as if with a latch.
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idiom
On to To get hold of; obtain: latched on to a fortune in the fur trade.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
verb-transitive
To close or lock with or as if with a latch.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
verb-intransitive
To have or be closed with a latch.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
To shut tightly so that the latch is engaged: a door too warped to latch.
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