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Hatch

noun

1.

The production of young from an egg. Synonym: hatching.

2.

Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines. Synonyms: crosshatch, hachure, hatching.

3.

A movable barrier covering a hatchway.

verb

(past & past part. hatched; pres. part. hatching)

1.

Emerge from the eggs.

2.

Devise or invent. Synonyms: concoct, dream up, think of, think up. "No-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"

3.

Inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating.

4.

Draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper.

5.

Sit on (eggs). Synonyms: brood, cover, incubate. "The female covers the eggs"

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"Hatch" Quotes from Famous Books

... friends," said he, "I'm rather hoarse, And must be brief in my discourse; But as these Ducks have joined our band, I wish to have them understand We have not come to this fair spot, To break the peace or hatch a plot; But we have met to form a plan To waken in the heart of man, Pity for our sad condition. We would present a grave petition, Beseeching of the men who rule, That we, lone dwellers of the pool, May be permitted to reside In safety, with our scanty tribe. We humbly say there's ...

— The Ducks and Frogs, - A Tale of the Bogs. • Fanny Fire-Fly

... sooner out than he was back again, being as cautious as he was brave; and meanwhile the seamen continued running and crying out as if he was still behind them; and we heard them tumble one upon another into the forecastle, and clap-to the hatch upon ...

— Kidnapped • Robert Louis Stevenson

... with the passages and especially so with dark and little used stairways that connected the floors of the huge building. They soon reached the roof through a hatch that opened on a small penthouse which was in deep shadow and entirely hidden from the runways where the green-bronze guards ...

— The Copper-Clad World • Harl Vincent

... having to work so hard at love. There came, as there sometimes does in matters pressing, tangled, and exasperating, a quiet period, a gentle lull, a halcyon time when the jaded brain reposes, and the heart may hatch her own mares'-nests. Underneath that tranquil spell lay fond Joe and Bob (with their cash to spend), Widow Precious (with her beer laid in), and Widow Carroway, with a dole at last extorted from the government; while Anerley Farm was ...

— Mary Anerley • R. D. Blackmore

... eggs when fully mature. Others leave their host twice to molt in or on the ground. The female lays her eggs, 1,000 to 10,000 of them, on the ground or just beneath the surface. The young "seed-ticks" that hatch from these in a few days soon crawl up on some near-by blade of grass or on a bush or shrub and wait quietly and patiently until some animal comes along. If the animal comes close enough they leave the grass or other support and cling to their ...

— Insects and Diseases - A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread - or Cause some of our Common Diseases • Rennie W. Doane

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