hatch

hatch - English Dictionary

[ noun ]
■ a movable barrier covering a hatchway

[ noun ]
■ shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
→ crosshatch , hachure , hatching

[ noun ]
■ the production of young from an egg
→ hatching

[ verb ]
■ sit on (eggs)
→ brood , cover , incubate

[ verb ]
■ emerge from the eggs
e.g.)
・young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch

[ verb ]
■ draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper
e.g.)
・hatch the sheet

[ verb ]
■ devise or invent
→ concoct , dream up , think of , think up

[ verb ]
■ inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating