Hatch - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|hætʃ|
Brit.
|hætʃ|
noun
- the production of young from an egg (syn: hatching)
- shading consisting of multiple crossing lines (syn: hachure, hatching)
- a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open
- a movable barrier covering a hatchway
- shading consisting of multiple crossing lines (syn: hachure, hatching)
- a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open
- a movable barrier covering a hatchway
verb
- emerge from the eggs
- inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating
- draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper
young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch
- devise or invent (syn: concoct, dream up, think up)- inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating
- draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper
hatch the sheet
- sit on (eggs) (syn: brood, cover, incubate)Extra examples
The government are hatching out a new plan to deal with rising prices.
He uses but few hatches in his shadows.
The eggs take three days to hatch.
All the chicks have hatched out.
When will the baby chickens hatch out?
The egg will hatch about 10 days after it is laid.
...the larva looked ugly, but it was destined to hatch into a beautiful butterfly...
The eggs will hatch sooner in warm, moist conditions.
The eggs hatch (=break open to allow the baby out) in 26 days.
After the egg has been fertilized, it will hatch in about six weeks.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: hatch
he/she/it: hatches
present participle: hatching
past tense: hatched
past participle: hatched
I/you/we/they: hatch
he/she/it: hatches
present participle: hatching
past tense: hatched
past participle: hatched
noun
singular: hatch
plural: hatches
singular: hatch
plural: hatches
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