All latch on synonyms
latch on
L l verb latch on
- pick up β to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- appreciate β If you appreciate something, for example a piece of music or good food, you like it because you recognize its good qualities.
- perceive β to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.
- accept β If you accept something that you have been offered, you say yes to it or agree to take it.
- fathom β a unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 meters): used chiefly in nautical measurements. Abbreviation: fath.
- comprehend β If you cannot comprehend something, you cannot understand it.
- realize β to grasp or understand clearly.
- play β a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- perform β to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- share β a plowshare.
- cooperate β If you cooperate with someone, you work with them or help them for a particular purpose. You can also say that two people cooperate.
- compete β If you compete in a contest or a game, you take part in it.
- aid β Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
- get β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- apprehend β If the police apprehend someone, they catch them and arrest them.
- make β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- dig β to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
- see β to perceive with the eyes; look at.
- take β to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- have β Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- compass β A compass is an instrument that you use for finding directions. It has a dial and a magnetic needle that always points to the north.
- catch β If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
- follow β to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.
- know β to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty: I know the situation fully.
- cognize β to perceive, become aware of, or know
- partake β to take or have a part or share along with others; participate (usually followed by in): He won't partake in the victory celebration.
- concur β If one person concurs with another person, the two people agree. You can also say that two people concur.
- strive β to exert oneself vigorously; try hard: He strove to make himself understood.
- take in β the act of taking.
- catch on β If you catch on to something, you understand it, or realize that it is happening.
- get the drift β (Idiomatic) To understand, at least at some basic or general level.
- get the picture β understand
- chip in β When a number of people chip in, each person gives some money so that they can pay for something together.
- come in β If information, a report, or a telephone call comes in, it is received.
- go into β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- get in on β obtain a share in
- have a hand in β the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- have to do with β Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- lend a hand β the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- sit in β any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises: Sixty students staged a sit-in outside the dean's office.
- tune in β a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.