Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - latch
Latch
latch
n. & v. --n. 1 a bar with a catch and lever used as a fastening for a gate etc. 2 a spring-lock preventing a door from being opened from the outside without a key after being shut. --v.tr. & intr. fasten or be fastened with a latch. Phrases and idioms latch on (often foll. by to) colloq. 1 attach oneself (to). 2 understand. on the latch fastened by the latch only, not locked. Etymology: prob. f. (now dial.) latch (v.) seize f. OE l{aelig}ccan f. Gmc
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I. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English lachen, from Old English læccan; perhaps akin to Greek lambanein to take, seize Date: 13th century to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms, to associate oneself intimately and often artfully, II. noun Date: 13th century any of various devices in which mating mechanical parts engage to fasten but usually not to lock something:, a fastener (as for a door) consisting essentially of a pivoted bar that falls into a notch, a fastener (as for a door) in which a spring slides a bolt into a hole, III. transitive verb Date: 15th century to make fast with or as if with a ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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