latch

• adhere
• affix
• attach
• bar
• batten
• belay
• bend
• bolt
• button
• catch
• cinch
• clamp
• clasp
• clench
• clinch
• clip
• close
• close up
• coapt
• connect
• do up
• fasten
• fastening
• fix
• glue
• hang
• harness
• hasp
• hook
• join
• lace
• lash
• link
• lock
• make fast
• nail
• padlock
• paste
• pin
• plaster
• reaffix
• reattach
• refasten
• refix
• resecure
• rivet
• screw
• secure
• shackle
• staple
• stick
• strap
• tack
• tackle
• tie
• toggle
• unite
• yoke

• break up
• detach
• disconnect
• disjoin
• disjoint
• dissever
• dissociate
• disunite
• divide
• divorce
• key
• loose
• loosen
• open
• part
• separate
• sever
• split
• sunder
• unbind
• uncouple
• undo
• unfasten
• unfix
• unhook
• unlash
• unlatch
• unlink
• unlock
• untie
• unyoke

• verb
  1. To close or lock as if with a latch.
  2. To catch; lay hold of.
  3. To smear; to anoint.
• noun
  1. 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.
  2. A flip-flop electronic circuit.
  3. A latching.
  4. A crossbow.
  5. That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare.
  6. A breastfeeding baby's connection to the breast.
  7. A lightweight lock to protect internal structures from being modified by multiple concurrent accesses.

• Please remember to latch the gate when you leave the yard.
• The old door had a rusty latch that was difficult to open.
• She was careful to latch the window before going to bed.
• The latch on the box clicked shut, securing its contents.
• He had to latch onto the railing to prevent himself from falling.

tack

make

bang

bar

fasten

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