Search Result for "latch on":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. take hold of or attach to;
- Example: "The biochip latches onto the genes"

2. adopt;
- Example: "take up new ideas"
[syn: take up, latch on, fasten on, hook on, seize on]

3. understand, usually after some initial difficulty;
- Example: "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on"
[syn: catch on, get wise, get onto, tumble, latch on, cotton on, twig, get it]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

latch on
    v 1: take hold of or attach to; "The biochip latches onto the
         genes"
    2: adopt; "take up new ideas" [syn: take up, latch on,
       fasten on, hook on, seize on]
    3: understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She
       didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally
       caught on" [syn: catch on, get wise, get onto,
       tumble, latch on, cotton on, twig, get it]