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hatch

Nouns

• (n) the production of young from an egg hatching,
• (n) shading consisting of multiple crossing lines crosshatch, hachure, hatching,
• (n) a movable barrier covering a hatchway

Verbs

• (v) emerge from the eggs
  • young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch
• (v) devise or invent
  • He thought up a plan to get rich quickly
  • no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software
  dream up, think up, concoct, think of,
• (v) inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating
• (v) draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper
  • hatch the sheet
• (v) sit on (eggs)
  • Birds brood
  • The female covers the eggs
  incubate, brood, cover,

Synonyms

hatching crosshatch hachure dream up think up concoct think of incubate brood cover

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