hatch

noun

  1. 1

    a movable barrier covering a hatchway

  2. 2

    shading consisting of multiple crossing lines

  3. 3

    the production of young from an egg

verb

  1. 1

    sit on (eggs)

    Birds brood

    The female covers the eggs

  2. 2

    emerge from the eggs

    young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch

  3. 3

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

    hatch the sheet

  4. 4

    devise or invent

    He thought up a plan to get rich quickly

    no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software

  5. 5

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

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