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- Dictionaryun·latch/ˌənˈlaCH/
verb
- 1. unfasten the latch of (a door or gate): "she struggled to unlatch the gate"
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The meaning of UNLATCH is to open or loose by lifting the latch. How to use unlatch in a sentence.
(ʌnˈlætʃ) transitive verb. 1. to unfasten (a door, window shutter, etc.) by lifting the latch. intransitive verb. 2. to become unlatched. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Word origin. [ 1635–45; un-2 + latch]
Unlatch definition: to unfasten (a door, window shutter, etc.) by lifting the latch. . See examples of UNLATCH used in a sentence.
verb. To open by release of a latch. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To become unfastened or opened. American Heritage. Remove from a latch. Wiktionary. Unlatch Sentence Examples. He leaned over to unlatch the gate and then rode through, heading down the drive toward the road. Find the switches and unlatch or unscrew the leads.
Define unlatch. unlatch synonyms, unlatch pronunciation, unlatch translation, English dictionary definition of unlatch. v. un·latched , un·latch·ing , un·latch·es v. tr. To unfasten or open by releasing the latch. v. intr. To become unfastened or opened. American Heritage®...
The earliest known use of the verb unlatch is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for unlatch is from 1590, in the writing of Richard Harvey, astrologer and polemicist. unlatch is formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix2, latch v.3. See etymology.
A complete guide to the word "UNLATCH": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
UNLATCH meaning: to open or loosen (something, such as a door) by lifting a latch.
Synonyms for UNLATCH: unfasten, unlock, unclasp, unbolt, unbar, open, unbutton, unzip; Antonyms of UNLATCH: shut, close, lock, bar, fasten, latch, bolt, button (up)
To open or loose, as a door, by lifting the latch; also, to loose the latchet of: as, to unlatch a shoe. To become open or loose through the lifting of a latch. intransitive verb
