latch

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.

   Riegel, Falle, Klinke

   щеко́лдаščekólda, задви́жкаzadvížka, защёлкаzaščólka

   за́сувzásuv

   catch for fastening a door or gate; a bar that can be lowered or slid into a groove

2. An electronic circuit that is like a flip-flop, except that it is level triggered instead of edge triggered.

   Klinkenschalter, Auffangregister, Signalschalter

3. A breastfeeding baby's connection to the breast.

4. A lightweight lock to protect internal structures from being modified by multiple concurrent accesses.

5. (obsolete)A latching.

6. (obsolete)A crossbow.

   Armbrust

7. (obsolete)That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare.

1. Tom will fix the latch.

   Том полагодить засов.

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2. The door latch was broken off.

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3. Tom was unable to fix the latch.

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4. Tom wasn't able to fix the latch.

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5. Tom forgot to latch the pool gate.

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