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Noun [English]

IPA: /læt͡ʃ/ Audio: en-us-latch.ogg Forms: latches [plural]
enPR: lăch Rhymes: -ætʃ Etymology: From Middle English latche, lacche (“a latch; a trap”), from lacchen (“to seize, catch, grasp”), from Old English læċċan (“to grasp, take hold of, catch, seize”). See above for more. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|latche}} Middle English latche, {{inh|en|ang|læċċan||to grasp, take hold of, catch, seize}} Old English læċċan (“to grasp, take hold of, catch, seize”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} latch (plural latches)
  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. Translations (fastening for a door): reze (Albanian), bakllama (Albanian), زِلاَج (Arabic), ضَبَّة (ḍabba) (Arabic), مِزْلاَج (Arabic), qapı sürgüsü (Azerbaijani), клямка (kljamka) [feminine] (Belarusian), резе (reze) [neuter] (Bulgarian), мандало (mandalo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), pestell [masculine] (Catalan), llisquet [masculine] (Catalan), 門閂 (Chinese Mandarin), 门闩 (ménshuān) (Chinese Mandarin), 門釦 (Chinese Mandarin), 门扣 (ménkòu) (Chinese Mandarin), 门釦 (ménkòu) (Chinese Mandarin), petlice [feminine] (Czech), klink [feminine] (Dutch), anso (Esperanto), klinko (Esperanto), riglilo (Esperanto), säppi (Finnish), salpa (Finnish), loquet [masculine] (French), pecho [masculine] (Galician), caravilla [feminine] (Galician), martabela [feminine] (Galician), Riegel [masculine] (German), Falle [feminine] (German), Klinke [feminine] (German), Sperre [feminine] (German), Verriegelung [feminine] (German), Schnappverschluss [masculine] (German), Schnappriegel [masculine] (German), Anschlag [masculine] (German), Verschluss [masculine] (German), Verschlusshebel [masculine] (German), Schnapper [masculine] (German), Schnäpper [masculine] (German), Rastklinke [feminine] (German), Arretierung [feminine] (German), μάνταλο (mántalo) [masculine] (Greek), σύρτης (sýrtis) [masculine] (Greek), בריח (baríakh) [masculine] (Hebrew), सिटकनी (siṭaknī) (Hindi), कुंडी (kuṇḍī) (Hindi), अर्गल (argal) (Hindi), retesz (Hungarian), selot (Indonesian), chiavistello [masculine] (Italian), fermo [masculine] (Italian), 掛け金 (kakegane) (alt: かけがね) (Japanese), ラッチ (ratchi) (Japanese), គន្លឹះទ្វារ (kɔɔnlɨh tviə) (Khmer), 걸쇠 (geolsoe) (Korean), കുറ്റി (kuṟṟi) (Malayalam), whakarawa (Maori), түгжээ (tügžee) (Mongolian), оньс (onʹs) (Mongolian), ماندال (mandal) (Ottoman Turkish), كلید (kilid) (Ottoman Turkish), مغلاق (miğlak) (Ottoman Turkish), کلون (kolun) (Persian), zasuwa [feminine] (Polish), rygiel [masculine] (Polish), antaba [feminine] (Polish), tranca [feminine] (Portuguese), trinco (Portuguese), zăvor [neuter] (Romanian), zăvoare [neuter, plural] (Romanian), щеко́лда (ščekólda) [feminine] (Russian), задви́жка (zadvížka) [feminine] (Russian), защёлка (zaščólka) [feminine] (Russian), запо́р (zapór) (alt: дверно́й) [masculine] (Russian), засо́в (zasóv) [masculine] (Russian), zasun (Serbo-Croatian), reza (Serbo-Croatian), zavoranj [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), cerrojo [masculine] (Spanish), pestillo [masculine] (Spanish), hasp (Swedish), regel (Swedish), busulan (Tagalog), лукидон (lukidon) (Tajik), กลอน (glɔɔn) (Thai), за́сув (zásuv) [masculine] (Ukrainian), gaʻlaqa (Uzbek), loʻkidon (Uzbek), chốt cửa (Vietnamese), then cửa (Vietnamese), clicied [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-latch-en-noun-VgdF8IOb Disambiguation of 'fastening for a door': 73 7 4 5 5 2 3
  2. (electronics) An electronic circuit that is like a flip-flop, except that it is level triggered instead of edge triggered. Categories (topical): Electronics, Fasteners Translations (flip-flop electronic circuit): 锁存器 (suǒcúnqì) (Chinese Mandarin), salpa (Finnish), kiikku (Finnish), Klinkenschalter [masculine] (German), Auffangregister [neuter] (German), Signalschalter [masculine] (German), μανταλωτής (mantalotís) [masculine] (Greek), μανδαλωτής (mandalotís) (Greek), przerzutnik [masculine] (Polish), flip-flop [masculine] (Portuguese), biestable [masculine] (Spanish), låskrets (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-latch-en-noun-Nc3xiY4Y Disambiguation of Fasteners: 15 36 4 11 11 4 7 1 5 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Mongolian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Tajik translations, Terms with Telugu translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Uzbek translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 54 2 2 13 5 13 0 2 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 67 4 1 9 4 6 1 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 50 4 2 14 3 12 1 4 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 58 3 1 15 3 10 1 4 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 5 55 5 2 12 5 8 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 4 46 7 5 11 8 11 2 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 4 46 7 5 11 8 11 2 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 5 51 7 2 11 6 9 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 4 46 7 5 11 8 11 2 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 5 39 8 11 11 9 12 1 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 4 45 7 5 11 8 13 2 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 4 47 7 5 11 8 11 1 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Albanian translations: 4 48 8 5 12 9 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 3 46 7 8 12 12 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 4 48 8 5 12 9 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 4 50 8 6 12 9 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 4 49 7 7 12 8 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 4 50 8 5 12 9 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 4 40 7 7 11 17 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 5 55 8 2 13 7 9 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 4 61 7 1 12 6 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 7 49 7 2 11 6 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 4 45 7 11 12 10 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 4 51 14 3 12 6 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 6 45 7 4 10 7 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 4 48 8 5 12 9 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 4 61 6 2 13 6 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 4 61 6 2 13 6 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 4 46 7 8 13 10 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 4 50 8 6 12 9 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 4 48 8 5 12 9 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 4 61 6 2 13 6 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 6 51 7 2 12 7 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Mongolian translations: 4 48 10 4 12 8 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 4 48 7 5 12 9 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 4 47 9 5 12 11 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 4 50 8 6 12 9 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 61 6 2 13 6 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 4 49 8 5 12 8 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 4 48 8 5 12 9 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 60 6 1 14 6 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 4 50 8 5 12 9 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Tajik translations: 4 48 8 5 12 9 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Telugu translations: 3 47 6 9 13 10 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 3 45 7 8 12 10 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 4 50 8 6 12 9 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Uzbek translations: 4 48 8 5 12 9 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 4 48 8 5 12 9 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 5 57 8 2 13 7 9 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'flip-flop electronic circuit': 2 83 1 1 5 2 5
  3. (obsolete) A latching. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-latch-en-noun-rY2j4MDQ
  4. (obsolete) A crossbow. Tags: obsolete Translations (crossbow): kruisboog (Dutch), varsijousi (Finnish), Armbrust [feminine] (German), самострел (samostrel) [masculine] (Macedonian), kusza [feminine] (Polish), samostrel [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kuša [feminine] (Slovak), หน้าไม้ (nâa-máai) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-latch-en-noun-et2ZVOtA Disambiguation of 'crossbow': 1 3 1 88 3 2 2
  5. (obsolete) That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-latch-en-noun-prpMdjZV
  6. A breastfeeding baby's connection to the breast.
    Sense id: en-latch-en-noun-8Y-ny0xs
  7. (databases) A lightweight lock to protect internal structures from being modified by multiple concurrent accesses. Categories (topical): Databases
    Sense id: en-latch-en-noun-ambQEpPb Topics: computing, databases, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lech, letch Derived forms: latchbolt, latchkey, latch-up, on the latch, spring latch, throat latch
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

IPA: /læt͡ʃ/ Audio: en-us-latch.ogg Forms: latches [present, singular, third-person], latching [participle, present], latched [participle, past], latched [past], laught [obsolete, participle, past], laught [obsolete, past]
enPR: lăch Rhymes: -ætʃ Etymology: From Middle English lacchen (“to seize, catch, grasp”, verb), from Old English læċċan (“to grasp, take hold of, catch, seize”), from Proto-Germanic *lakjaną, *lakwijaną, *lakkijaną (“to seize”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₂g-, *(s)leh₂gʷ- (“to take, seize”). Cognate with Middle Dutch lakken (“to grasp, catch”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lacchen||to seize, catch, grasp|pos=verb}} Middle English lacchen (“to seize, catch, grasp”, verb), {{inh|en|ang|læċċan||to grasp, take hold of, catch, seize}} Old English læċċan (“to grasp, take hold of, catch, seize”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*lakjaną}} Proto-Germanic *lakjaną, {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)leh₂g-}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₂g-, {{cog|dum|lakken|t=to grasp, catch}} Middle Dutch lakken (“to grasp, catch”) Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=laught|past2_qual=obsolete}} latch (third-person singular simple present latches, present participle latching, simple past and past participle latched or (obsolete) laught)
  1. To close or lock as if with a latch. Translations (to close with a latch): rigli (Esperanto), salvata (Finnish), panna säppiin (Finnish), pechar (Galician), verriegeln (German), einrasten (German), einklinken (German), sperren (German), zuschnappen (German), schließen (German), zuklinken (German), whakarawa (Maori), مانداللامق (mandallamak) (Ottoman Turkish), trincar (Portuguese), regla (Swedish), mandallamak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-latch-en-verb-S~7iu3Mj Categories (other): Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'to close with a latch': 76 24
  2. (transitive) To catch; lay hold of. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-latch-en-verb-Ht6e1WGo Categories (other): Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: latch on, latch on to, latch onto
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

IPA: /læt͡ʃ/ Audio: en-us-latch.ogg Forms: latches [present, singular, third-person], latching [participle, present], latched [participle, past], latched [past]
enPR: lăch Rhymes: -ætʃ Etymology: Compare French lécher (“to lick”). Etymology templates: {{cog|fr|lécher||to lick}} French lécher (“to lick”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} latch (third-person singular simple present latches, present participle latching, simple past and past participle latched)
  1. (obsolete) To smear; to anoint. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-latch-en-verb-cyj615V6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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          "door",
          "door"
        ],
        [
          "bar",
          "bar"
        ],
        [
          "notch",
          "notch"
        ],
        [
          "slot",
          "slot"
        ],
        [
          "lifted",
          "lifted"
        ],
        [
          "lever",
          "lever"
        ],
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          "string",
          "string"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "word": "reze"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "word": "bakllama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "word": "زِلاَج"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḍabba",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "word": "ضَبَّة"
        },
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          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "word": "مِزْلاَج"
        },
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "word": "qapı sürgüsü"
        },
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "kljamka",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "клямка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "reze",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "резе"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "mandalo",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "мандало"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pestell"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "llisquet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "word": "門閂"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "ménshuān",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "word": "门闩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "word": "門釦"
        },
        {
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "ménkòu",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "word": "门扣"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "ménkòu",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "word": "门釦"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "petlice"
        },
        {
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        {
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          "word": "riglilo"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "word": "säppi"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "word": "salpa"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fr",
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        {
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          "code": "gl",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
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          "lang": "Galician",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "caravilla"
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        {
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          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "martabela"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Riegel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Falle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Klinke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Sperre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Verriegelung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Anschlag"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Verschluss"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 4 5 5 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fastening for a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Verschlusshebel"
        },
        {
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          "code": "de",
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        },
        {
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          ],
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          "word": "គន្លឹះទ្វារ"
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      "form": "latching",
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        "To catch; lay hold of."
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        "(transitive) To catch; lay hold of."
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        "transitive"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to close with a latch",
      "word": "rigli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to close with a latch",
      "word": "salvata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to close with a latch",
      "word": "panna säppiin"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to close with a latch",
      "word": "pechar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to close with a latch",
      "word": "verriegeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to close with a latch",
      "word": "einrasten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to close with a latch",
      "word": "einklinken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to close with a latch",
      "word": "sperren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to close with a latch",
      "word": "zuschnappen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to close with a latch",
      "word": "schließen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to close with a latch",
      "word": "zuklinken"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to close with a latch",
      "word": "whakarawa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "mandallamak",
      "sense": "to close with a latch",
      "word": "مانداللامق"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to close with a latch",
      "word": "trincar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to close with a latch",
      "word": "regla"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to close with a latch",
      "word": "mandallamak"
    }
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    "latch"
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}

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    "Terms with Albanian translations",
    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
    "Terms with Belarusian translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
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    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hindi translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Khmer translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Malayalam translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Mongolian translations",
    "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
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    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
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    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations",
    "Terms with Tajik translations",
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    "Terms with Thai translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Uzbek translations",
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    {
      "word": "latchbolt"
    },
    {
      "word": "latchkey"
    },
    {
      "word": "latch-up"
    },
    {
      "word": "on the latch"
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      "word": "spring latch"
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    {
      "word": "throat latch"
    }
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          "ref": "1912 October, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Tarzan of the Apes”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as chapter 4, in Tarzan of the Apes, New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, 1914 June, →OCLC:",
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        }
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          "slot"
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          "lifted"
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          "lever",
          "lever"
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          "string",
          "string"
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        "en:Electronics"
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          "electronics"
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          "electronic",
          "electronic"
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          "flip-flop"
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        "(electronics) An electronic circuit that is like a flip-flop, except that it is level triggered instead of edge triggered."
      ],
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        "business",
        "electrical-engineering",
        "electricity",
        "electromagnetism",
        "electronics",
        "energy",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
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        "A latching."
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        "(obsolete) A latching."
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        "English terms with obsolete senses"
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        "A crossbow."
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        "(obsolete) A crossbow."
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        "obsolete"
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          "ref": "c. 1360s (date written), Geffray Chaucer [i.e., Geoffrey Chaucer], “The Romaunt of the Rose”, in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London: […] Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], published 1542, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Love will none other birde catch,\nThough he set either nette or latch",
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        }
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        "That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare."
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        "(obsolete) That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare."
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        "obsolete"
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      "word": "lech"
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      "word": "letch"
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    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "reze"
    },
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "bakllama"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "زِلاَج"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḍabba",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "ضَبَّة"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "مِزْلاَج"
    },
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "qapı sürgüsü"
    },
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "резе"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "мандало"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pestell"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "llisquet"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "門閂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ménshuān",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "门闩"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "門釦"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ménkòu",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "门扣"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ménkòu",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "门釦"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "petlice"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "klink"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "anso"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "klinko"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "riglilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "säppi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "salpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "loquet"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pecho"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "caravilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "martabela"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Riegel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Falle"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Klinke"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sperre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verriegelung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schnappverschluss"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schnappriegel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Anschlag"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Verschluss"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Verschlusshebel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schnapper"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schnäpper"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Rastklinke"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Arretierung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mántalo",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "μάνταλο"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sýrtis",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "σύρτης"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "baríakh",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "בריח"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "siṭaknī",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "सिटकनी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kuṇḍī",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "कुंडी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "argal",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "अर्गल"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "retesz"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "selot"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chiavistello"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fermo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かけがね",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kakegane",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "掛け金"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ratchi",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "ラッチ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kɔɔnlɨh tviə",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "គន្លឹះទ្វារ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "geolsoe",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "걸쇠"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "kuṟṟi",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "കുറ്റി"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "whakarawa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "tügžee",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "түгжээ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "onʹs",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "оньс"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "mandal",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "ماندال"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "kilid",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "كلید"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "miğlak",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "مغلاق"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kolun",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "کلون"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zasuwa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rygiel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "antaba"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tranca"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "trinco"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zăvor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "zăvoare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ščekólda",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "щеко́лда"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zadvížka",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "задви́жка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaščólka",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "защёлка"
    },
    {
      "alt": "дверно́й",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zapór",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "запо́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zasóv",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "засо́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "zasun"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "reza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zavoranj"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cerrojo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pestillo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "hasp"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "regel"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "busulan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "lukidon",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "лукидон"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "glɔɔn",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "กลอน"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zásuv",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "за́сув"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "gaʻlaqa"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "loʻkidon"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "chốt cửa"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "word": "then cửa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "fastening for a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "clicied"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "suǒcúnqì",
      "sense": "flip-flop electronic circuit",
      "word": "锁存器"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "flip-flop electronic circuit",
      "word": "salpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "flip-flop electronic circuit",
      "word": "kiikku"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "flip-flop electronic circuit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Klinkenschalter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "flip-flop electronic circuit",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Auffangregister"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "flip-flop electronic circuit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Signalschalter"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mantalotís",
      "sense": "flip-flop electronic circuit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "μανταλωτής"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mandalotís",
      "sense": "flip-flop electronic circuit",
      "word": "μανδαλωτής"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "flip-flop electronic circuit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "przerzutnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "flip-flop electronic circuit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "flip-flop"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "flip-flop electronic circuit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "biestable"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "flip-flop electronic circuit",
      "word": "låskrets"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "crossbow",
      "word": "kruisboog"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "crossbow",
      "word": "varsijousi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "crossbow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Armbrust"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "samostrel",
      "sense": "crossbow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "самострел"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "crossbow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kusza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "crossbow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "samostrel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "crossbow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kuša"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "nâa-máai",
      "sense": "crossbow",
      "word": "หน้าไม้"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "latch"
  ],
  "word": "latch"
}

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    "English lemmas",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ætʃ",
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        "2": "lécher",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to lick"
      },
      "expansion": "French lécher (“to lick”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare French lécher (“to lick”).",
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    {
      "form": "latches",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "latching",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latched",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
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      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:",
          "text": "But hast thou yet latch'd the Athenian's eyes\nWith the love-juice , as I did bid thee do?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "To smear; to anoint."
      ],
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          "smear",
          "smear"
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          "anoint",
          "anoint"
        ]
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        "(obsolete) To smear; to anoint."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "enpr": "lăch"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/læt͡ʃ/"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-latch.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/86/En-us-latch.ogg/En-us-latch.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/En-us-latch.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ætʃ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "latch"
  ],
  "word": "latch"
}

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