hatch
noun
1. the production of young from an egg
Similar word(s): hatching
Definition categories: process, birth, birthing, parturition
2. shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
Similar word(s): crosshatch, hachure, hatching
Definition categories: attribute, shading
3. a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open
Similar word(s): hatchback, liftgate
Definition categories: man–made
4. a movable barrier covering a hatchway
Definition categories: man–made
Sentences with hatch as a noun:
- The cook passed the dishes through the serving hatch.
- These pullets are from an April hatch.
verb
1. emerge from the eggs
- young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch
Definition categories: body
2. devise or invent
Similar word(s): concoct
Definition categories: creation
3. inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating
Definition categories: creation, inlay
4. draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper
- hatch the sheet
Definition categories: contact, line
5. sit on (eggs)
Similar word(s): brood, cover, incubate
Definition categories: body, multiply, procreate, reproduce
Sentences with hatch as a verb:
- to hatch a plan or a plot; to hatch mischief or heresy