ALL meanings of latch
latch
L l - noun latch 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
- verb with object latch to close or fasten with a latch. 1
- verb without object latch to close tightly so that the latch is secured: The door won't latch. 1
- noun latch A metal bar with a catch and lever used for fastening a door or gate. 1
- noun latch door fastener 1
- transitive verb latch door: fasten 1
- intransitive verb latch fasten itself 1
- noun Definition of latch in Technology A digital logic circuit used to store one or more bits. A latch has a data input, a clock input and an output. When the clock input is active, data on the input is "latched" or stored and transfered to the output either immediately or when the clock input goes inactive. The output will then retain its value until the clock goes active again. See also flip-flop. 1
- noun latch 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. 0
- noun latch A flip-flop electronic circuit. 0
- noun latch (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A latching. 0
- noun latch (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A crossbow. 0
- noun latch (Obsolete (No longer in use)) That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare. 0
- noun latch A breastfeeding baby's connection to the breast. 0
- verb latch To close or lock as if with a latch. 0
- verb latch To catch; lay hold of. 0
- verb latch (Obsolete (No longer in use)) To smear; to anoint. 0
- countable noun latch A latch is a fastening on a door or gate. It consists of a metal bar which you lift in order to open the door. 0
- countable noun latch A latch is a lock on a door which locks automatically when you shut the door, so that you need a key in order to open it from the outside. 0
- verb latch If you latch a door or gate, you fasten it by means of a latch. 0
- noun latch a fastening for a gate or door that consists of a bar that may be slid or lowered into a groove, hole, etc 0
- noun latch a spring-loaded door lock that can be opened by a key from outside 0
- noun latch a logic circuit that transfers the input states to the output states when signalled, the output thereafter remaining insensitive to changes in input status until signalled again 0
- verb latch to fasten, fit, or be fitted with or as if with a latch 0
- noun latch a fastening for a door or gate, esp. one capable of being worked from either side by means of a lever and consisting of a bar that falls into a notch in a piece attached to the doorjamb or gatepost 0
- noun latch a spring lock on a door; specif., a night latch 0
- noun latch a fastening for a window, etc. 0
- verb transitive latch to fasten or close with a latch 0