latch: Meaning and Definition of

latch

1. a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.

1. to close or fasten with a latch.

1. to close tightly so that the latch is secured: The door won't latch.
2. If we latch the tax on, the bill will come to over $100.
1. to grab or hold on, as to an object or idea, esp. tightly or tenaciously.
2. to include or add in; attach:If we latch the tax on, the bill will come to over $100.
3. The stray dog latched onto the children and wouldn't go home.
1. to take possession of; obtain; get.
2. to acquire understanding of; comprehend.
3. to attach oneself to; join in with:The stray dog latched onto the children and wouldn't go home.