hatched
Definition
- Adjective:
- Shaded by means of fine parallel or crossed lines: Describes a drawing technique where areas are filled with fine, closely spaced lines to create shading or texture.
- Emerged from an egg: Describes a young bird, reptile, fish, or insect that has broken out of its egg and been born.
Usage Examples
- Adjective (Shading):
- The artist used a hatched technique to give depth to the sketch.
- In the illustration, the shadows are beautifully hatched with fine lines.
- Adjective (Emerged from an egg):
- The newly hatched chicks were kept warm under a heat lamp.
- We observed the hatched turtle hatchlings making their way to the sea.
Advanced Usage
- "cross-hatched": A specific drawing technique where two layers of parallel lines are drawn at an angle to each other, creating a mesh-like pattern for darker shading.
- The darkest areas of the portrait were cross-hatched for dramatic effect.
Variants and Related Words
- Hatch (verb): The action from which the adjective is derived.
- To emerge from an egg: The eggs will hatch in about three weeks.
- To shade with lines: He learned to hatch shadows in his art class.
- Hatching (noun):
- The process of an egg breaking open: The hatching of the eggs was a slow process.
- The technique or result of shading with lines: The drawing's hatching was exceptionally detailed.
Synonyms
- For "shaded with lines": Crosshatched, lined, striated.
- For "emerged from an egg": Newborn, newly born, fledged (specifically for birds with developed feathers).
Related Phrases
- "hatch a plan": (Idiom using the verb 'hatch') To devise a plan, often secretly.
- The thieves hatched a plan to steal the painting.
- "hatch an idea": (Idiom using the verb 'hatch') To conceive or develop an idea.
- They hatched the idea for the new business over coffee.
Adjective
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shaded by means of fine parallel or crossed lines
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emerged from an egg
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