Latch
noun
A device that holds a door, gate, or window closed and can only be opened by a key or by a special movement.
The door will not stay shut because the latch is broken.
Often appears as...
- door latch
- safety latch
verb
To fasten securely, usually with a device that needs a key or a special movement to open it.
Please latch the gate when you leave.
Often appears as...
- latch the door
- latch closed
verb
To attach oneself to a person or thing, in the manner of a latch or other fastening device.
The baby latched onto its mother's breast.
Often appears as...
- latch onto idea
- latch onto person
verb
To understand or quickly grasp something.
She latched onto the idea immediately.
Often appears as...
- latch onto concept
- latch onto information
Usage tips
Informal
verb
To exploit or make use of a situation.
He latched onto her wealth and used it to fund his own projects.
Often appears as...
- latch onto opportunity
- latch onto advantage
Usage tips
Informal
noun
A device that holds a door, gate, or window closed and can only be opened by a key or by a special movement.
The door will not stay shut because the latch is broken.
Often appears as...
- door latch
- safety latch
verb
To fasten securely, usually with a device that needs a key or a special movement to open it.
Please latch the gate when you leave.
Often appears as...
- latch the door
- latch closed
verb
To attach oneself to a person or thing, in the manner of a latch or other fastening device.
The baby latched onto its mother's breast.
Often appears as...
- latch onto idea
- latch onto person
verb
To understand or quickly grasp something.
She latched onto the idea immediately.
Often appears as...
- latch onto concept
- latch onto information
Usage tips
Informal
verb
To exploit or make use of a situation.
He latched onto her wealth and used it to fund his own projects.
Often appears as...
- latch onto opportunity
- latch onto advantage
Usage tips
Informal
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Object
Refers to a tangible part of doors or windows that secures them.
He replaced the old latch with a new, shiny one.
Pro Tip 2/3Manual Operation
Usually requires a hand-operated action to engage or release.
You need to turn the latch to open this window.
Pro Tip 3/3Safety Feature
Often used for childproofing or preventing accidental openings.
Install a latch high up so kids can't reach it.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Object
Refers to a tangible part of doors or windows that secures them.
He replaced the old latch with a new, shiny one.
Pro Tip 2/3Manual Operation
Usually requires a hand-operated action to engage or release.
You need to turn the latch to open this window.
Pro Tip 3/3Safety Feature
Often used for childproofing or preventing accidental openings.
Install a latch high up so kids can't reach it.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Object
Refers to a tangible part of doors or windows that secures them.
He replaced the old latch with a new, shiny one.
Pro Tip 2/3Manual Operation
Usually requires a hand-operated action to engage or release.
You need to turn the latch to open this window.
Pro Tip 3/3Safety Feature
Often used for childproofing or preventing accidental openings.
Install a latch high up so kids can't reach it.
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Deep Sea Anglerfish Sex...
but when it does find a female, you know, it's searching for a female for a really long time in the deep sea, but it finds it doesn't want to let go. So it has specialised mouth parts which grip on to the female. Now, depending on the species, this can be temporary. So sometimes the male will latch on for a set period of time
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Encouraging A New-Born...
be strong enough that she is interested in just latching on herself so all we're really doing is making it easier for the baby to get on making sure she stays on well easier said than done um because it doesn't look like she's staying on she want to spot her she doesn't
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Gever Tulley: 5...
For those of you who aren't comfortable actually breaking the law, you can drive a car with your child. This is a great stage for a kid. This happens about the same time that they get latched onto things like dinosaurs, these big things in the outside world,
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How Airbnb designs for...
But they loved it, and so did we. I swear, the ham and Swiss cheese omelets we made tasted totally different because we made them for our guests. We took them on adventures around the city, and when we said goodbye to the last guest, the door latch clicked,
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A brief history of...
As alcohol consumption became part of everyday life, some authorities latched onto effects they perceived as positive— Greek physicians considered wine to be good for health, and poets testified to its creative qualities.
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How to Survive a Chigger...
had their fill this researcher has been infected with a chigo flea a parasite more commonly known as a sand flea or a the flea latches on to an unprotected foot digs in and feet it may sound unpleasant but the damage is
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What to trust in a...
Real-world experience is critical, also. And peer review is not perfect, mistakes are made. But it's better to go with something checked than something unchecked. If we latch onto a study because we like the findings,
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The Cookiecutter Shark PIPE...
can latch onto the side of an animal and like scoop out a piece of flesh. The cookiecutter shark spends its days deep in the ocean. But even at shallower depths, these sharks can be extremely difficult to locate.
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How to Conserve Water PIPE...
as the enzymes and the detergent latch onto food particles to work effectively and it's these actions that could help avert america's looming water crisis giving the next generation a better
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The Headless Mating...
able to find and latch on to the female his abdomen will continue mating with her for several hours before all signs of life disappear
Video examples
Deep Sea Anglerfish Sex...
but when it does find a female, you know, it's searching for a female for a really long time in the deep sea, but it finds it doesn't want to let go. So it has specialised mouth parts which grip on to the female. Now, depending on the species, this can be temporary. So sometimes the male will latch on for a set period of time
Video examples
Encouraging A New-Born...
be strong enough that she is interested in just latching on herself so all we're really doing is making it easier for the baby to get on making sure she stays on well easier said than done um because it doesn't look like she's staying on she want to spot her she doesn't
Video examples
Gever Tulley: 5...
For those of you who aren't comfortable actually breaking the law, you can drive a car with your child. This is a great stage for a kid. This happens about the same time that they get latched onto things like dinosaurs, these big things in the outside world,
Video examples
How Airbnb designs for...
But they loved it, and so did we. I swear, the ham and Swiss cheese omelets we made tasted totally different because we made them for our guests. We took them on adventures around the city, and when we said goodbye to the last guest, the door latch clicked,
Video examples
A brief history of...
As alcohol consumption became part of everyday life, some authorities latched onto effects they perceived as positive— Greek physicians considered wine to be good for health, and poets testified to its creative qualities.
Video examples
How to Survive a Chigger...
had their fill this researcher has been infected with a chigo flea a parasite more commonly known as a sand flea or a the flea latches on to an unprotected foot digs in and feet it may sound unpleasant but the damage is
Video examples
What to trust in a...
Real-world experience is critical, also. And peer review is not perfect, mistakes are made. But it's better to go with something checked than something unchecked. If we latch onto a study because we like the findings,
Video examples
The Cookiecutter Shark PIPE...
can latch onto the side of an animal and like scoop out a piece of flesh. The cookiecutter shark spends its days deep in the ocean. But even at shallower depths, these sharks can be extremely difficult to locate.
Video examples
How to Conserve Water PIPE...
as the enzymes and the detergent latch onto food particles to work effectively and it's these actions that could help avert america's looming water crisis giving the next generation a better
Video examples
The Headless Mating...
able to find and latch on to the female his abdomen will continue mating with her for several hours before all signs of life disappear
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Quote examples
Bryan Fuller
American Producer
One of the things that's important for anybody adapting source material that is primarily a male buddy picture is to find ways to latch on to strong female characters in the piece and bring them to the forefront and celebrate their point of view alongside the men; otherwise, it becomes a sausage party, and it's a singular point of view.
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Nathan Fillion
Canadian Actor
It's a trap I've fallen into earlier in my career - trying to be liked. Don't do it. When I watch TV and I see someone trying to make me like them, acting cute or quirky or goofy, I'm not impressed. Don't act like America's watching you. Just latch onto your character. Characters are flawed. Be unlikeable. Be flawed. Be a person.
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Tituss Burgess
American Actor
We were always in church, and always singing, so once I realized that music was something that I had a knack for, I sort of latched onto it, and it helped give me an identity and figure out who I was as a person. It informed my way into theater, which informed my way into television.
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Scott Stapp
American Musician
The Christian community latched onto a lot of my music, because there were a lot of things about my struggle they related to. But I didn't really want to come out and be identified as a Christian, because I didn't want to be a hypocrite, because my life wasn't right.
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Catherine Tate
English Actress
When I realised I had a facility for humour, I latched on to it, and it gave me confidence and I built my personality around it. So I subconsciously made myself become the funny one so that would be my label rather than the ginger one or the red-faced one.
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Helen Baxendale
English Actress
People latch on to characters who are rude or naughty or bad. Look at JR in 'Dallas' or Angie in 'EastEnders.' They're the best parts, the parts people want to be like.
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Sam Shepard
American Playwright
People are starved for the truth, and when something comes along that even looks like the truth, people will latch onto it because everything's so false.
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Christian Slater
American Actor
I lost myself, and a lot of characters I played, I have latched onto some of their identities just because I was so lacking in anything of my own.
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Denny Hamlin
American Driver
Something about my personality fans just have not latched onto and probably never will.
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Connie Stevens
American Actress
It's important for us to latch onto the people that we love.
Quote examples
Bryan Fuller
American Producer
One of the things that's important for anybody adapting source material that is primarily a male buddy picture is to find ways to latch on to strong female characters in the piece and bring them to the forefront and celebrate their point of view alongside the men; otherwise, it becomes a sausage party, and it's a singular point of view.
Quote examples
Nathan Fillion
Canadian Actor
It's a trap I've fallen into earlier in my career - trying to be liked. Don't do it. When I watch TV and I see someone trying to make me like them, acting cute or quirky or goofy, I'm not impressed. Don't act like America's watching you. Just latch onto your character. Characters are flawed. Be unlikeable. Be flawed. Be a person.
Quote examples
Tituss Burgess
American Actor
We were always in church, and always singing, so once I realized that music was something that I had a knack for, I sort of latched onto it, and it helped give me an identity and figure out who I was as a person. It informed my way into theater, which informed my way into television.
Quote examples
Scott Stapp
American Musician
The Christian community latched onto a lot of my music, because there were a lot of things about my struggle they related to. But I didn't really want to come out and be identified as a Christian, because I didn't want to be a hypocrite, because my life wasn't right.
Quote examples
Catherine Tate
English Actress
When I realised I had a facility for humour, I latched on to it, and it gave me confidence and I built my personality around it. So I subconsciously made myself become the funny one so that would be my label rather than the ginger one or the red-faced one.
Quote examples
Helen Baxendale
English Actress
People latch on to characters who are rude or naughty or bad. Look at JR in 'Dallas' or Angie in 'EastEnders.' They're the best parts, the parts people want to be like.
Quote examples
Sam Shepard
American Playwright
People are starved for the truth, and when something comes along that even looks like the truth, people will latch onto it because everything's so false.
Quote examples
Christian Slater
American Actor
I lost myself, and a lot of characters I played, I have latched onto some of their identities just because I was so lacking in anything of my own.
Quote examples
Denny Hamlin
American Driver
Something about my personality fans just have not latched onto and probably never will.
Quote examples
Connie Stevens
American Actress
It's important for us to latch onto the people that we love.
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