verb

• (transitive) To catch; lay hold of.
  "Where hearing should not latch them."
• (databases) To use a latch (kind of lightweight lock).
• (of a breastfeeding baby) To connect to the breast.

noun

• (electronics) An electronic circuit that is like a flip-flop, except that it is level triggered instead of edge triggered.
• (obsolete) A latching.
• (obsolete) A crossbow.
• (obsolete) That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare.
  "Love will none other birde catch, Though he set either nette or latch"

verb

• (obsolete) To smear; to anoint.
  "But hast thou yet latch'd the Athenian's eyes With the love-juice , as I did bid thee do?"

noun

• (automotive) Acronym of lower anchors and tethers for children.