noun
- The production of young from an egg.
- synonyms: hatching
- Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines.
- synonyms: hatching, crosshatch, hachure
- A movable barrier covering a hatchway.
verb
- Emerge from the eggs.
- usage: "young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch"
- Devise or invent.
- usage: "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"
- Inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating.
- Draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper.
- usage: "hatch the sheet"
- Sit on (eggs. )
- usage: "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs"
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