HATCH
Dictionary entry overview: What does hatch mean?
• HATCH (noun)
The noun HATCH has 3 senses:
1. the production of young from an egg
2. shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
3. a movable barrier covering a hatchway
Familiarity information: HATCH used as a noun is uncommon.
• HATCH (verb)
The verb HATCH has 5 senses:
1. emerge from the eggs
2. devise or invent
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)
Familiarity information: HATCH used as a verb is common.
Dictionary entry details
• HATCH (noun)
Meaning:
The production of young from an egg
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
hatch; hatching
Hypernyms ("hatch" is a kind of...):
birth; birthing; giving birth; parturition (the process of giving birth)
Meaning:
Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
crosshatch; hachure; hatch; hatching
Hypernyms ("hatch" is a kind of...):
shading (graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting)
Meaning:
A movable barrier covering a hatchway
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hatch" is a kind of...):
movable barrier (a barrier that can be moved to allow passage)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hatch"):
cargo hatch (hatch opening into the cargo compartment)
Holonyms ("hatch" is a part of...):
hatchway; opening; scuttle (an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship)
• HATCH (verb)
Meaning:
Emerge from the eggs
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Context example:
young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch
Hypernyms (to "hatch" is one way to...):
be born (come into existence through birth)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Devise or invent
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
think up; dream up; hatch; concoct; think of
Context examples:
He thought up a plan to get rich quickly / no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software
Hypernyms (to "hatch" is one way to...):
create by mental act; create mentally (create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hatch"):
idealise; idealize (form ideals)
cook up; fabricate; invent; make up; manufacture (make up something artificial or untrue)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Did he hatch his major works over a short period of time?
Meaning:
Inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "hatch" is one way to...):
inlay (decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metal)
Domain category:
handicraft (a craft that requires skillful hands)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
hatch the sheet
Hypernyms (to "hatch" is one way to...):
line (mark with lines)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Sit on (eggs)
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
incubate; hatch; brood; cover
Context examples:
Birds brood / The female covers the eggs
Hypernyms (to "hatch" is one way to...):
multiply; procreate; reproduce (have offspring or young)
"Hatch" entails doing...:
sit; sit down (take a seat)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
