hatching

verb

Meaning

To close with a hatch or hatches.
(of young animals) To emerge from an egg.
(of eggs) To break open when a young animal emerges from it.
To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.
To devise.
To shade an area of (a drawing, diagram, etc.) with fine parallel lines, or with lines which cross each other (cross-hatch).
To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep.
A method of shading areas of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines.
A group of birds, reptiles, fish, insects, etc., which emerge from their eggs at the same time.
The act of an egg hatching, eclosion

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