hatch

Noun

• a movable barrier covering a hatchway

• shading consisting of multiple crossing lines

• the production of young from an egg

Verb

• sit on (eggs)
  • Birds brood
    
  • The female covers the eggs
    

• draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper
  • hatch the sheet
    

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

• devise or invent
  • He thought up a plan to get rich quickly
    
  • no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software
    

• emerge from the eggs
  • young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  hatching , crosshatch , hachure , brood , cover , incubate , think up , think of , dream up , concoct