hatch

/hætʃ/
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hatch

A baby bird hatches from its egg in a nest.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A movable barrier covering an opening: A door or cover that closes an opening in a floor, wall, or ceiling, especially on a ship or aircraft.
    • A series of parallel lines used for shading: In drawing or engraving, a group of closely spaced parallel lines used to create shading or texture.
    • The act or process of emerging from an egg: The moment or process by which a young bird, fish, or reptile breaks out of its egg.

  2. Verb:

    • To produce young from an egg: To cause an egg to develop and break open, allowing the young to emerge. This can refer to the parent bird sitting on eggs or to the eggs themselves developing.
    • To draw fine parallel lines: To mark a surface with a series of closely spaced parallel lines, often for shading in art or technical drawing.
    • To devise or invent a plan: To form or conceive a plan, idea, or plot, often secretly or carefully.
    • To emerge from an egg: To break out of an eggshell at birth (used for the young animal itself).
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • The sailor climbed up through the open hatch. (The sailor used the opening in the deck.)
    • The artist used fine hatch to create shadows. (The artist used parallel lines for shading.)
    • We watched the hatch of the baby turtles. (We watched the turtles emerge from their eggs.)

  • Verb:

    • The hen will hatch her eggs in about 21 days. (The hen will sit on the eggs until they break open.)
    • Hatch the background lightly to suggest texture. (Draw parallel lines on the background.)
    • They hatched a clever scheme to surprise their friend. (They devised a clever plan.)
    • The eggs will hatch tomorrow. (The young will break out of the eggs tomorrow.)
Advanced Usage

  • "To hatch a plot": To secretly devise a complex plan, often with negative connotations.

    • The villains hatched a plot to steal the crown jewels.

  • "Under hatches": Confined below deck on a ship; figuratively, in a state of submission or defeat.

    • After the mutiny, the officers were kept under hatches.
Variants and Related Words

  • Hatchback (n): A car body style with a rear door that opens upward.

    • They bought a small hatchback for city driving.

  • Hatchling (n): A newly hatched young animal.

    • The hatchlings scurried toward the sea.

  • Hatchway (n): An opening in a deck or floor, often covered by a hatch.

    • The cargo was lowered through the hatchway.
Synonyms
  • Brood (v): To sit on eggs to hatch them.
  • Incubate (v): To maintain conditions for development, especially of eggs.
  • Devise (v): To plan or invent.
  • Concoct (v): To invent or fabricate, often a story or plan.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Hatch out: For an egg to open and the young to emerge.
    • The chicks are due to hatch out this week.
Related Idioms

  • "Don't count your chickens before they hatch": A warning not to be overly confident about a good result before it actually happens.

    • I know the interview went well, but I won't count my chickens before they hatch.

  • "Down the hatch": An informal expression said before drinking something, especially alcohol, all at once.

    • He raised his glass and said, "Down the hatch!"
hatch

A baby bird hatches from its egg in a nest.

Noun
  1. a movable barrier covering a hatchway
  2. shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
  3. the production of young from an egg
Verb
  1. sit on (eggs)
    • Birds brood
    • The female covers the eggs
  2. draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper
    • hatch the sheet
  3. inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating
  4. devise or invent
    • He thought up a plan to get rich quickly
    • no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software
  5. emerge from the eggs
    • young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch

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