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HATCH
hatch
(noun) a movable barrier covering a hatchway
hatchback, hatchback door, liftgate, hatch
(noun) a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open
hatch, hatching, crosshatch, hachure
(noun) shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
hatch, hatching
(noun) the production of young from an egg
brood, hatch, cover, incubate
(verb) sit on (eggs); âBirds broodâ; âThe female covers the eggsâ
hatch
(verb) emerge from the eggs; âyoung birds, fish, and reptiles hatchâ
hatch
(verb) draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper; âhatch the sheetâ
hatch
(verb) inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Hatch
A surname.
Anagrams
• Thach, tchah
Etymology 1
Noun
hatch (plural hatches)
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. A pass through.
A small door in large mechanical structures and vehicles such as aircraft and spacecraft often provided for access for maintenance.
(nautical) An opening through the deck of a ship or submarine
(slang) A gullet.
A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.
A floodgate; a sluice gate.
(Scotland) A bedstead.
(mining) An opening into, or in search of, a mine.
Verb
hatch (third-person singular simple present hatches, present participle hatching, simple past and past participle hatched)
(transitive) To close with a hatch or hatches.
Etymology 2
Verb
hatch (third-person singular simple present hatches, present participle hatching, simple past and past participle hatched)
(intransitive) (of young animals) To emerge from an egg.
(intransitive) (of eggs) To break open when a young animal emerges from it.
(transitive) To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.
(transitive) To devise.
Noun
hatch (plural hatches)
The act of hatching.
Development; disclosure; discovery.
(poultry) A group of birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time.
(often as mayfly hatch) The phenomenon, lasting 1â2 days, of large clouds of mayflies appearing in one location to mate, having reached maturity.
(informal) A birth, the birth records (in the newspaper) — compare the phrase "hatched, matched, and dispatched."
Etymology 3
Verb
hatch (third-person singular simple present hatches, present participle hatching, simple past and past participle hatched)
(transitive) To shade an area of (a drawing, diagram, etc.) with fine parallel lines, or with lines which cross each other (cross-hatch).
(transitive, obsolete) To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep.
Anagrams
• Thach, tchah
Source: Wiktionary
Hatch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hatched; p. pr. & vb. n. Hatching.] Etym: [F. hacher to chop, hack. See Hash.]
1. To cross with lines in a peculiar manneHatching. Shall win this sword, silvered and hatched. Chapman. Those hatching strokes of the pencil. Dryden.
2. To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep. [Obs.] His weapon hatched in blood. Beau. & Fl.
Hatch, v. t. Etym: [OE. hacchen, hetchen; akin to G. hecken, Dan. hekke; cf. MHG. hagen bull; perh. akin to E. hatch a half door, and orig. meaning, to produce under a hatch.
1. 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. Paley. As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not. Jer. xvii. 11. For the hens do not sit upon the eggs; but by keeping them in a certain equal heat they [the husbandmen] bring life into them and hatch them. Robynson (More's Utopia).
2. To contrive or plot; to form by meditation, and bring into being; to originate and produce; to concoct; as, to hatch mischief; to hatch heresy. Hooker. Fancies hatched In silken-folded idleness. Tennyson.
Hatch, v. i.
Definition: To produce young; -- said of eggs; to come forth from the egg;
– said of the young of birds, fishes, insects, etc.
Hatch, n.
1. The act of hatching.
2. Development; disclosure; discovery. Shak.
3. The chickens produced at once or by one incubation; a brood.
Hatch, n. Etym: [OE. hacche, AS. hÊc, cf. haca the bar of a door, D. hek gate, Sw. hÀck coop, rack, Dan. hekke manger, rack. Prob. akin to E. hook, and first used of something made of pieces fastened together. Cf. Heck, Hack a frame.]
1. A door with an opening over it; a half door, sometimes set with spikes on the upper edge. In at the window, or else o'er the hatch. Shak.
2. A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.
3. A flood gate; a a sluice gate. Ainsworth.
4. A bedstead. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
5. An opening in the deck of a vessel or floor of a warehouse which serves as a passageway or hoistway; a hatchway; also; a cover or door, or one of the covers used in closing such an opening.
6. (Mining)
Definition: An opening into, or in search of, a mine. Booby hatch, Buttery hatch, Companion hatch, etc. See under Booby, Buttery, etc.
– To batten down the hatches (Naut.), to lay tarpaulins over them, and secure them with battens.
– To be under hatches, to be confined below in a vessel; to be under arrest, or in slavery, distress, etc.
Hatch, v. t.
Definition: To close with a hatch or hatches. 'T were not amiss to keep our door hatched. Shak
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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