latching

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Synonyms: watching, matching, catching, ratching, hatching, patching, lathing, batching, lanching, fetching, loathing

Antonyms: watching, matching, catching, ratching, hatching, patching, lathing, batching, lanching, fetching, loathing

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Verb

1. {{infl of|en|latch||ing-form}}

Adjective

1. That [[latch#Verb|latch]]es.

Noun

1. The act of fastening a latch.
2. {{lb|en|nautical}} A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a [[bonnet]], by which it is attached to the foot of a sail.
3. {{lb|en|linguistics}} The situation where one speaker's utterance immediately follows another speaker's utterance, without [[pause]] or [[overlap]].

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