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hatch
(h/&//tS/
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noun (n)
- shading consisting of multiple crossing lines(noun.attribute)source: wordnet30
- a movable barrier covering a hatchway(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- The act of hatching.(noun)source: webster1913
- A door with an opening over it; a half door, sometimes set with spikes on the upper edge.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- emerge from the eggs(verb.body)Example:
Young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch.
source: wordnet30 - inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating(verb.creation)source: wordnet30
- draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper(verb.contact)Example:
Hatch the sheet.
source: wordnet30 - To cross with lines in a peculiar manner in drawing and engraving. See Hatching.(verb)source: webster1913
- To produce, as young, from an egg or eggs by incubation, or by artificial heat; to produce young from (eggs); as, the young when hatched.(verb)source: webster1913
- To produce young; -- said of eggs; to come forth from the egg; -- said of the young of birds, fishes, insects, etc.(verb)source: webster1913
- To close with a hatch or hatches.(verb)source: webster1913