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hatch

UK/hæt͡ʃ/ US/ˈhætʃ/ fairly common informal slang
verb (5) noun (3)

verb

1.

emerge from the eggs

  • “young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch”
2.

devise or invent

  • “He thought up a plan to get rich quickly”
  • “no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software”
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3.

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

4.

draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper

  • “hatch the sheet”
5.

sit on (eggs)

  • “Birds brood”
  • “The female covers the eggs”
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noun

1.

the production of young from an egg

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2.

shading consisting of multiple crossing lines

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3.

Origin

From Middle English hacche, hacchen (“to propagate”), from Old English *hæċċan, āhaċċian (“to peck out; hatch”), from Proto-Germanic *hakjaną. Cognate with German hecken ‘to breed, spawn’, Danish hække (“to hatch”), Swedish häcka (“to breed”); akin to Latvian kakale ‘penis’.

Phrases

  • baby hatch Terms derived from hatch (noun)
  • batten down the hatches Terms derived from hatch (noun)
  • booby hatch Terms derived from hatch (noun)
  • buttery hatch Terms derived from hatch (noun)
  • Chingford Hatch
  • Colney Hatch
  • down the hatch Terms derived from hatch (noun)
  • escape hatch Terms derived from hatch (noun)
  • Hatch End
  • hatch out
  • hatch up
  • hot hatch Terms derived from hatch (noun)

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