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Meanings of latch in English
Catalan
balda Usage of latch in English
1
It's a long time since I heard the word sneck, a latch.
2
No one answered; so some one lifted the latch and went in.
3
She turned the key in the latch and pushed the door open.
4
And then she moved the latch of the gate and passed in.
5
The marquis nodded, lifted the latch of the door, and went in.
6
Then he re-entered the cabin and drew the latch in after him.
7
Four seconds later he heard the scrape of a latch drawing back.
8
And in the silence came a blessed sound-thelifting of a latch.
9
The patio gate latch clicked and Pablo Artelan stood in the aperture.
10
Exercising the greatest care in sliding it back, she lifted the latch.
11
He could hear the doorknob turning, and a key in the latch.
12
Bush stepped past her and snapped the latch on the office door.
13
Even with the latch of the gate in his hand, he hesitated.
14
The old gentleman lifted the wooden latch and found the gate unlocked.
15
A loop encloses leucine and forms a lid-latch mechanism required for binding.
16
I had taken the precaution to leave the wicket-gate on the latch.
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Latch through the time
Latch across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common