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in the PONS Dictionary

I. latch [lætʃ] N

1. latch (bar, level):

latch
Riegel m <-s, ->
on the latch door
eingeklinkt

2. latch ELEC:

latch
elektronischer Schalter

II. latch [lætʃ] VB intr

1. latch esp Brit inf (understand):

to latch on [to sth]
[etw] kapieren inf
they didn't immediately latch on to what was happening
sie begriffen nicht sofort, was geschah

2. latch inf (attach oneself to):

to latch on to sb/sth
sich acc an jdn/etw hängen
she latched onto me
sie hing sich wie eine Klette an mich
the antibodies work by latching onto proteins
die Antikörper wirken, indem sie sich an die Proteine hängen

3. latch inf (take up):

to latch onto sth
an etw dat Gefallen finden

4. latch SPORTS inf (take advantage of):

to latch onto sth pass, ball
etw übernehmen

III. latch [lætʃ] VB trans

to latch sth
etw verriegeln
OpenDict entry

toggle latch N

toggle latch
Spannverschluss m
Present
Ilatch
youlatch
he/she/itlatches
welatch
youlatch
theylatch
Past
Ilatched
youlatched
he/she/itlatched
welatched
youlatched
theylatched
Present Perfect
Ihavelatched
youhavelatched
he/she/ithaslatched
wehavelatched
youhavelatched
theyhavelatched
Past Perfect
Ihadlatched
youhadlatched
he/she/ithadlatched
wehadlatched
youhadlatched
theyhadlatched
See further verb tables
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