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hatch

1

[ hach ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to bring forth (young) from the egg.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. to cause young to emerge from (the egg) as by brooding or incubating.
  3. to bring forth or produce; devise; invent; contrive; concoct:

    to hatch a scheme.

    Synonyms: ,



verb (used without object)

  1. to be hatched.
  2. to brood.

noun

  1. the act of hatching.
  2. something that is hatched, as a brood.

hatch

2

[ hach ]

noun

  1. Nautical.
    1. Also called hatchway. an opening, usually rectangular, in the deck through which passengers can pass, cargo can be loaded or unloaded, etc.
    2. the cover over such an opening.
  2. an opening that serves as a doorway or window in the floor or roof of a building.
  3. the cover over such an opening.
  4. Slang. the throat as used for drinking:

    His usual toast was a muttered “Down the hatch!â€

  5. Aeronautics. an opening or door in an aircraft.
  6. the lower half of a divided door, both parts of which can be opened separately.
  7. a small door, grated opening, or serving counter in or attached to the wall of a building, room, etc., as for a merchant's stall.
  8. a bin or compartment built into a confined space, especially a deep storage bin.
  9. Automotive.
    1. the cargo area in a hatchback.
    2. Also called liftgate. the hinged lid of a hatchback that swings upward to provide access to the cargo area.
  10. anything resembling a hatch.

hatch

3

[ hach ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to mark with lines, especially closely set parallel lines, as for shading in drawing or engraving.

noun

  1. a shading line in drawing or engraving.

hatch

1

/ ³óæ³Ùʃ /

verb

  1. to cause (the young of various animals, esp birds) to emerge from the egg or (of young birds, etc) to emerge from the egg
  2. to cause (eggs) to break and release the fully developed young or (of eggs) to break and release the young animal within
  3. tr to contrive or devise (a scheme, plot, etc)
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noun

  1. the act or process of hatching
  2. a group of newly hatched animals
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hatch

2

/ ³óæ³Ùʃ /

noun

  1. a covering for a hatchway
    1. short for hatchway
    2. a door in an aircraft or spacecraft
  2. Also calledserving hatch an opening in a wall between a kitchen and a dining area
  3. the lower half of a divided door
  4. a sluice or sliding gate in a dam, dyke, or weir
  5. down the hatch slang.
    (used as a toast) drink up!
  6. under hatches
    1. below decks
    2. out of sight
    3. brought low; dead
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hatch

3

/ ³óæ³Ùʃ /

verb

  1. art to mark (a figure, shade, etc) with fine parallel or crossed lines to indicate shading Compare hachure
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hatch

4

/ ³óæ³Ùʃ /

noun

  1. informal.
    short for hatchback
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³ó²¹³Ù³¦³ó²¹²ú±ô±ð, adjective
  • ˈ³ó²¹³Ù³¦³ó±ð°ù, noun
  • ˈ³ó²¹³Ù³¦³ó¾±²Ô²µ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³ó²¹³Ù³¦³óa·²ú±ô±ð adjective
  • ³ó²¹³Ù³¦³óa·²ú¾±±ôi·³Ù²â noun
  • ³ó²¹³Ù³¦³óİù noun
  • ³Ü²Ôh²¹³Ù³¦³ó·²¹Â·²ú¾±±ôi·³Ù²â noun
  • un·³ó²¹³Ù³¦³óa·²ú±ô±ð adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hatch1

First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English hacchen. hetchen; akin to German hecken “(of birds) to mate, incubate, hatchâ€

Origin of hatch2

First recorded before 1100; Middle English hacche, hache, hatche “lower half of a divided door, small door, gate,†Old English hæcc, hæc “grating, hatch, half-gateâ€; akin to Dutch hek “fence, gate, railingâ€

Origin of hatch3

First recorded in 1470–80; earlier hache, from Middle French hacher “to cut up,†derivative of hache “a³æâ€; hatchet
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hatch1

C13: of Germanic origin; compare Middle High German hecken to mate (used of birds), Swedish ³ó䳦°ì²¹ to hatch, Danish ³óæ°ì°ì±ð

Origin of hatch2

Old English ³ó泦³¦; related to Middle High German heck, Dutch hek gate

Origin of hatch3

C15: from Old French hacher to chop, from hache hatchet
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. batten down the / one's hatches,
    1. Nautical. prepare for stormy weather: used as a command.
    2. to prepare to meet an emergency or face a great difficulty:

      The government must batten down its hatches before the election.

More idioms and phrases containing hatch

see batten down the hatches ; count one's chickens before they hatch ; down the hatch .
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Example Sentences

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The eaglets hatched in early March and are offspring of Big Bear’s famous bald eagle couple, Jackie and Shadow.

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Most of the rescued nests contained three to four eggs, some of which had recently hatched.

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Mostly Killian is just awkward and lost, particularly at the hands of his creator, who’s written him to blunder through scenes like he’s freshly hatched from an egg.

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After a recovery ship lifted it of the water, the astronauts beamed and waved as they were helped out of the hatch, along with fellow crew members astronaut Nick Hague and cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov.

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Last year, severe cold impeded the hatching of another trio of eggs.

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