verb
definition
To close with a hatch or hatches.
verb
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(of young animals) To emerge from an egg.
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(of eggs) To break open when a young animal emerges from it.
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To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.
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To devise.
verb
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To shade an area of (a drawing, diagram, etc.) with fine parallel lines, or with lines which cross each other (cross-hatch).
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To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep.
noun
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A method of shading areas of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines.
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A group of birds, reptiles, fish, insects, etc., which emerge from their eggs at the same time.
example
We got a good hatching from the swallowtail eggs.
definition
The act of an egg hatching, eclosion