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hatch

noun
  1. a movable barrier covering a hatchway
  2. shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
    hatchingcrosshatchhachure
  3. the production of young from an egg
    hatching
verb
  1. sit on eggs
    “The chickens hatched their nests.”
    cover
  2. emerge from the eggs
    “young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch”
  3. draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper
    “hatch the sheet”
  4. devise or invent
    think ofconcoctthink updream up
  5. inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating