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Meaning of 'hatch' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Hatch [ n.]
- The act of hatching.
- Development; disclosure; discovery.
- The chickens produced at once or by one incubation; a brood.
- A door with an opening over it; a half door, sometimes set with spikes on the upper edge.
- A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.
- A flood gate; a a sluice gate.
- A bedstead.
- 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.
- An opening into, or in search of, a mine.
2 . Hatch [ v. i.]
- To produce young; -- said of eggs; to come forth from the egg; -- said of the young of birds, fishes, insects, etc.
3 . Hatch [ v. t.]
- To cross with lines in a peculiar manner in drawing and engraving. See Hatching.
- To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep.
- 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.
- 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.
- To close with a hatch or hatches.

Meaning of 'hatch' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . hatch [ v]
Meaning (1):
- sit on (eggs)
Example in sentence:
  • Birds brood;
  • The female covers the eggs
Meaning (2):
- draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper
Example in sentence:
  • hatch the sheet
Meaning (3):
- devise or invent
Example in sentence:
  • He thought up a plan to get rich quickly;
  • no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software
Meaning (4):
- emerge from the eggs
Example in sentence:
  • young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch

Nearby Words:

hat hatable hatband hatbox hatch-boat hatched hatchel hatcheled hatcheler hatcheling

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