latched

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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