verb Download 🔗Share To close with a hatch or hatches. Examples : "Before the storm, the sailors were busy hatching the cargo hold to protect it from the rising waves. " nautical architecture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (of young animals) To emerge from an egg. Examples : "The baby birds are hatching from their eggs in the nest. " animal biology nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (of eggs) To break open when a young animal emerges from it. Examples : "The baby birds are finally hatching from their eggs in the nest. " animal biology nature bird organism Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch. Examples : "The farmer is hatching chicken eggs in an incubator to increase his flock. " biology animal nature bird organism agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To devise. Examples : "She was hatching a plan to surprise her friend for their birthday. " plan action business mind Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To shade an area of (a drawing, diagram, etc.) with fine parallel lines, or with lines which cross each other (cross-hatch). Examples : "The architect was hatching the drawing of the new building's roof, using fine, parallel lines to show the shading. " art writing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep. Examples : "The butcher was hatching the meat in a marinade of herbs and wine overnight, ensuring it would be flavorful and tender. " mark appearance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A method of shading areas of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines. Examples : "The artist used careful hatching to create the illusion of shadow on the apple in her drawing. " art writing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A group of birds, reptiles, fish, insects, etc., which emerge from their eggs at the same time. Examples : "We got a good hatching from the swallowtail eggs." animal group biology nature environment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The act of an egg hatching, eclosion Examples : "The children were excited to watch the hatching of the baby chicks in their classroom incubator. " biology animal nature process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
