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hatch 1
(hăch)n.
Idiom: 1.
a. An opening, as in the deck of a ship, in the roof or floor of a building, or in an aircraft.
b. The cover for such an opening.
c. A hatchway.
2. A door that opens upward on the rear of an automobile; a hatchback.
3. A floodgate.
down the hatch Slang
Drink up. Often used as a toast.
[Middle English, small door, from Old English hæc, hæcc.]
hatch 2
(hăch)v. hatched, hatch·ing, hatch·es
v.intr.
1. To emerge from an egg or other structure that surrounds and protects an embryo.
2. To emerge from a cocoon or chrysalis.
3. To emerge from the water when transforming from an aquatic larval or pupal form to a winged form, as a mayfly or caddisfly.
v.tr.
1. To produce (young) from an egg or eggs.
2. To cause (an egg or eggs) to produce young.
3. To devise or originate, especially in secret: hatch an assassination plot.
n.
1.
a. The act or an instance of hatching from an egg or similar structure.
b. The act or an instance of emerging from a cocoon or chrysalis.
c. The act or an instance of emerging from the water when transforming from an aquatic larval or pupal form to a winged form.
2.
a. A group of young organisms, especially birds, that hatch at one time; a brood.
b. A group of adult insects that emerge at one time.
c. A group of winged insects, as mayflies or caddisflies, that emerge at one time from a body of water.
[Middle English hacchen, from Old English *hæccan.]
hatch′er n.
hatch 3
(hăch)tr.v. hatched, hatch·ing, hatch·es
To shade by drawing or etching fine parallel or crossed lines on.
n.
A fine line used in hatching.
[Middle English hachen, to engrave, carve, from Old French hacher, hachier, to crosshatch, cut up; see hash1.]
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hatch
(hætʃ)vb
1. (Zoology) 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. (Zoology) 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)
n
4. the act or process of hatching
5. (Zoology) a group of newly hatched animals
[C13: of Germanic origin; compare Middle High German hecken to mate (used of birds), Swedish häcka to hatch, Danish hække]
ˈhatchable adj
ˈhatcher n
hatch
(hætʃ)n
1. (Nautical Terms) a covering for a hatchway
2. (Nautical Terms)
a. short for hatchway
b. a door in an aircraft or spacecraft
3. (Automotive Engineering) informal short for hatchback
4. (Architecture) Also called: serving hatch an opening in a wall between a kitchen and a dining area
5. (Architecture) the lower half of a divided door
6. (Mechanical Engineering) a sluice or sliding gate in a dam, dyke, or weir
7. down the hatch slang (used as a toast) drink up!
8. below decks
9. (Nautical Terms) below decks
10. out of sight
[Old English hæcc; related to Middle High German heck, Dutch hek gate]
hatch
(hætʃ)vb
(Art Terms) art to mark (a figure, shade, etc) with fine parallel or crossed lines to indicate shading. Compare hachure
[C15: from Old French hacher to chop, from hache hatchet]
ˈhatching n
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hatch1
(hætʃ)v.t.
1. to cause young to emerge from (the egg), as by brooding or incubating.
2. to bring forth or produce; devise; plot.
v.i. 3. to be hatched.
4. to brood.
n. 5. the act of hatching.
6. something that is hatched, as a brood.
[1200–50; Middle English hacchen; akin to Middle High German hecken to hatch]
hatch′a•ble, adj.
hatch`a•bil′i•ty, n.
hatch′er, n.
hatch2
(hætʃ)n.
1.
a. Also called hatchway. an opening in the deck of a vessel or in the floor or roof of a building, used as a passageway.
b. the cover over such an opening.
2. an opening or door in an aircraft.
3. the lower half of a divided door.
4. a small door, grated opening, or serving counter in or attached to a wall.
Idioms: down the hatch, (used as a toast.)
[before 1100; Middle English hacche, Old English hæcc grating, hatch, half-gate; akin to Middle Dutch hecke gate, railing]
hatch3
(hætʃ)v.t.
1. to mark with lines, esp. closely set parallel lines, as for shading in drawing or engraving.
n. 2. a shading line in drawing or engraving.
[1470–80; earlier hache < Middle French hacher to cut up, derivative of hache ax. See hatchet]
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hatch
- booby hatch - First a kind of wooden hood over a hatch, readily removable.
- covey - Comes from French couver for the act of sitting on eggs ("covering" them) to hatch them.
- down the hatch - A drinking toast of nautical origin.
- hatch - The lower half of a divided door.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
hatch
An opening in a ship's deck giving access to cargo holds.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
Hatch
a brood of young; a sitting of eggs—Wilkes.Examples: hatch of eggs; of mayfly, 1894; of time, 1597.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
hatch
Past participle: hatched
Gerund: hatching
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| Noun | 1. |  hatch - the production of young from an egg |
| 2. |  hatch - shading consisting of multiple crossing linesshading - graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting | |
| 3. | hatch - a movable barrier covering a hatchway cargo hatch - hatch opening into the cargo compartment hatchway, scuttle, opening - an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship movable barrier - a barrier that can be moved to allow passage | |
| Verb | 1. | hatch - emerge from the eggs; "young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch" be born - come into existence through birth; "She was born on a farm" |
| 2. | hatch - devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software" create by mental act, create mentally - create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands | |
| 3. | hatch - inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating handicraft - a craft that requires skillful hands inlay - decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metal | |
| 4. | hatch - draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper; "hatch the sheet" line - mark with lines; "sorrow had lined his face" | |
| 5. | hatch - sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs" procreate, reproduce, multiply - have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant; "The Bible tells people to procreate" hatch - emerge from the eggs; "young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch" |
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hatch
verb
1. incubate, breed, sit on, brood, bring forth I transferred the eggs to a hen Canary to hatch and rear.
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hatch
verb1. To cause to come into existence:
Idiom: give birth to.
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Translations
تُفَقِّصُ البَيْضَفَتْحَة في حائِط بين غُرْفَتَيْنيُحيكُ، يُدَبِّرُيُفَرِّخُ، يَخْرُج الصوص من البَيْضَهيُفَقِّصُ
vysedětzosnovatdozrátkoutosnovat
lemlugeskravereudklækkeudpønse
auetahaudontaerähautoahuoltoluukkukuoriutua
brugga, undirbúaklekja; unga útklekjastklekjast; skríîa úr eggiop, lúga, dyr
ハッチ孵化させる孵化する
izšķiltieslūkaperētperināt
eclodirescotilha
okienkovyliahnuť sa
izvaliti se
ambar ağzıcivciv çıkarmakcivciv çıkmakkurmakyumurtadan çıkmak
hatch
1 [hætʃ] N1. (Naut) → escotilla f
hatch
2 [hætʃ]B. VI [chick] → salir del huevo; [insect, larva] → eclosionar (frm)
the egg hatched → el pollo rompió el cascarón y salió
those eggs never hatched → esos huevos resultaron ser hueros
the egg hatched → el pollo rompió el cascarón y salió
those eggs never hatched → esos huevos resultaron ser hueros
hatch
3 [hætʃ] VT (Art) → sombrearCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
hatch
[ˈhætʃ] vi [chick, egg] → éclore
vt
[+ scheme, plot] → tramer
n
(British) (also service hatch) → passe-plat m inv
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
hatch
1vi (also hatch out: bird) → ausschlüpfen; when will the eggs hatch? → wann schlüpfen die Jungen aus?
n (= brood) → Brut f
hatch
2n
(Naut) → Luke f; (in floor, ceiling) → Bodenluke f; (= half-door) → Halbtür f, → Niedertür f ? batten down
(service) hatch → Durchreiche f
hatch
3vt (Art) → schraffieren
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
hatch
1 [hætʃ] n (Naut) (hatchway) → boccaporto (Brit) (service hatch) → sportello passavivandedown the hatch! (fam) (when drinking) → salute!
hatch
2 [hætʃ]1. vt (chick) → fare nascere; (eggs) → fare schiudere (fig) (scheme, plot) → elaborare, mettere a punto
2. vi (chick) → uscire dal or rompere il guscio; (egg) → schiudersi
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
hatch1
(hӕtʃ) noun (the door or cover of) an opening in a wall, floor, ship's deck etc. There are two hatches between the kitchen and dining-room for serving food.
ˈhatchway noun an opening, especially in a ship's deck.
hatch2
(hӕtʃ) verb1. to produce (young birds etc) from eggs. My hens have hatched ten chicks.
2. to break out of the egg. These chicks hatched this morning.
3. to become young birds. Four of the eggs have hatched.
4. to plan (something, usually bad) in secret. to hatch a plot.
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