Hatch
WordNet
noun
(1) A movable barrier covering a hatchway
(2) Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
(3) The production of young from an egg
verb
(4) Sit on (eggs)
"Birds brood"
"The female covers the eggs"
(5) Emerge from the eggs
"Young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch"
(6) Draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper
"Hatch the sheet"
(7) Devise or invent
"He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"
"No-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"
(8) Inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.
- A trapdoor.
- An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items.
- The cook passed the dishes through the serving hatch.
- A small door in large mechanical structures and vehicles such as aircraft and spacecraft often provided for access for maintenance.
- A narrow passageway between the decks of a ship or submarine.
- A gullet.
Etymology 2
From ; akin to Middle High German
Verb
- (of young animals) To emerge from an egg.
- (of eggs) To break open when a young animal emerges from it.
- To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.
- To devise. (hatch a plan)
Noun
hatch
- A group of birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time.
- These pullets are from an April hatch.
- (Often as Mayfly hatch) The phenomenon, lasting 1-2 days, of large clouds of mayflies appearing in one location (to mate, having reached maturity).
- As in the phrase "hatched, matched, and dispatched." A birth, the birth records (in the newspaper).
Etymology 3
From ; Old French
Verb
- To shade an area of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines, particularly with lines which cross each other: cross-hatch.