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Hatch meaning in English

Meaning of Hatch in English

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Hatch

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Noun

1. hatch, hatching

the production of young from an egg

2. crosshatch, hachure, hatch, hatching

shading consisting of multiple crossing lines

3. hatch

a movable barrier covering a hatchway

Verb

4. hatch

emerge from the eggs

Example Sentences:
'young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch'

5. concoct, dream up, hatch, think of, think up

devise or invent

Example Sentences:
'He thought up a plan to get rich quickly'
'no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software'

6. hatch

inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating

7. hatch

draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper

Example Sentences:
'hatch the sheet'

8. brood, cover, hatch, incubate

sit on (eggs)

Example Sentences:
'Birds brood'
'The female covers the eggs'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Hatch

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verb
1. 
to cause (the young of various animals, esp birds) to emerge from the egg or (of young birds, etc) to emerge from the egg
2. 
to cause (eggs) to break and release the fully developed young or (of eggs) to break and release the young animal within
3. (transitive)
to contrive or devise (a scheme, plot, etc)
noun
4. 
the act or process of hatching
5. 
a group of newly hatched animals
noun
1. 
a covering for a hatchway
2. 
a.  short for hatchway
b. 
a door in an aircraft or spacecraft
3. informal short for hatchback
4. Also called: serving hatch
an opening in a wall between a kitchen and a dining area
5. 
the lower half of a divided door
6. 
a sluice or sliding gate in a dam, dyke, or weir
7.  down the hatch
8.  under hatches
verb
art
to mark (a figure, shade, etc) with fine parallel or crossed lines to indicate shading
Compare hachure

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Hatch

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verb transitive
1. 
a. 
to bring forth (young) from an egg or eggs by applying warmth
b. 
to bring forth young from (an egg or eggs)
2. 
to bring (a plan, idea, etc.) into existence; esp., to plan in a secret or underhanded way; plot
verb intransitive
3. 
to bring forth young; develop embryos
said of eggs
4. 
to come forth from the egg
5. 
to brood
said of a bird
noun
6. 
the process of hatching
7. 
the brood hatched
8. 
a result
noun
1. 
the lower half of a door, gate, etc. that has two separately movable halves
2. 
hatchway
3. 
a covering for a ship's hatchway, or a lid or trapdoor for a hatchway in a building
4. 
a barrier to regulate the flow of water in a stream; floodgate
verb transitive
1. 
to mark or engrave with fine, crossed or parallel lines so as to indicate shading
noun
2. 
any of these lines

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Hatch

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n.
1.
a. An opening, as in the deck of a ship, in the roof or floor of a building, or in an aircraft.
b. The cover for such an opening.
c. A hatchway.
2. A door that opens upward on the rear of an automobile; a hatchback.
3. A floodgate.
v. hatched, hatch·ing, hatch·es
v.intr.
1. To emerge from an egg or other structure that surrounds and protects an embryo.
2. To emerge from a cocoon or chrysalis.
3. To emerge from the water when transforming from an aquatic larval or pupal form to a winged form, as a mayfly or caddisfly.
v.tr.
1. To produce (young) from an egg or eggs.
2. To cause (an egg or eggs) to produce young.
3. To devise or originate, especially in secret: hatch an assassination plot.
n.
1.
a. The act or an instance of hatching from an egg or similar structure.
b. The act or an instance of emerging from a cocoon or chrysalis.
c. The act or an instance of emerging from the water when transforming from an aquatic larval or pupal form to a winged form.
2.
a. A group of young organisms, especially birds, that hatch at one time; a brood.
b. A group of adult insects that emerge at one time.
c. A group of winged insects, as mayflies or caddisflies, that emerge at one time from a body of water.
tr.v. hatched, hatch·ing, hatch·es
To shade by drawing or etching fine parallel or crossed lines on.
n.
A fine line used in hatching.

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