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latch'd

latch'd is the simple past and past participle of latch.

Meaning of latch

Verb (1)

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.
  2. (transitive) To catch; lay hold of.
    • Where hearing should not latch them.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  3. To use a latch (kind of lightweight lock).
  4. To connect to the breast.

Verb (2)

latch (third-person singular simple present latches, present participle latching, simple past and past participle latched)

  1. (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?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...

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Questions about latch'd

What is latch'd the simple past and past participle of?
Latch'd is the simple past and past participle of latch.

Words near latch'd in the dictionary

  1. latch
  2. latch key
  3. latch keys
  4. latch on
  5. latch onto
  6. latch'd
  7. latch-key
  8. latch-key child
  9. latch-key children
  10. latch-keys
  11. latch-up

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