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hatch¹ (h

ch)

a. An opening, as in the deck of a ship, in the roof or floor of a building, or in an aircraft.

b. The cover for such an opening.

c. A hatchway.

d. Nautical A ship's compartment.

2. The hinged rear door of a hatchback.

3. A floodgate.

Idiom:

down the hatch Slang

Drink up. Often used as a toast.

[Middle English, small door, from Old English hæc, hæcc.]

hatch² (h

ch)

v. hatched, hatch·ing, hatch·es

v.intr.

To emerge from or break out of an egg.

v.tr.

1. To produce (young) from an egg.

2. To cause (an egg or eggs) to produce young.

3. To devise or originate, especially in secret: hatch an assassination plot.

1. The act or an instance of hatching.

2. The young hatched at one time; a brood.

[Middle English hacchen, from Old English *hæccan.]

hatcher n.

hatch³ (h

ch)

tr.v. hatched, hatch·ing, hatch·es

To shade by drawing or etching fine parallel or crossed lines on.

A fine line used in hatching.

[Middle English hachen, to engrave, carve, from Old French hacher, hachier, to crosshatch, cut up; see hash¹.]

hatch¹

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) to cause (the young of various animals, esp birds) to emerge from the egg or (of young birds, etc.) to emerge from the egg

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) to cause (eggs) to break and release the fully developed young or (of eggs) to break and release the young animal within

3. (tr) to contrive or devise (a scheme, plot, etc.)

1. the act or process of hatching

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a group of newly hatched animals

[of Germanic origin; compare Middle High German hecken to mate (used of birds), Swedish häcka to hatch, Danish hække]

hatchable adj

hatcher n

hatch²

1. (Transport / Nautical Terms) a covering for a hatchway

2. (Transport / Nautical Terms) short for hatchway

3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) Also called serving hatch an opening in a wall between a kitchen and a dining area

4. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) the lower half of a divided door

5. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a sluice or sliding gate in a dam, dyke, or weir

down the hatch Slang (used as a toast) drink up!

under hatches

a. (Transport / Nautical Terms) below decks

b. out of sight

c. brought low; dead

[Old English hæcc; related to Middle High German heck, Dutch hek gate]

hatch³

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) Art to mark (a figure, shade, etc.) with fine parallel or crossed lines to indicate shading Compare hachure

[from Old French hacher to chop, from hache hatchet]

hatching n

hatch⁴

(Engineering / Automotive Engineering) Informal short for hatchback

Hatch a brood of young; a sitting of eggs—Wilkes.

Examples: hatch of eggs; of mayfly, 1894; of time, 1597.

An opening in a ship's deck giving access to cargo holds.

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	hatch - the production of young from an egg hatching birthing, giving birth, parturition, birth - the process of giving birth
	2.	hatch - shading consisting of multiple crossing lines crosshatch, hachure, hatching shading - graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting
	3.	hatch - a movable barrier covering a hatchway cargo hatch - hatch opening into the cargo compartment hatchway, scuttle, opening - an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship movable barrier - a barrier that can be moved to allow passage
Verb	1.	hatch - emerge from the eggs; "young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch" incubate, hatch, brood, cover - sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs" be born - come into existence through birth; "She was born on a farm"
	2.	hatch - devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software" dream up, think up, concoct, think of idealise, idealize - form ideals; "Man has always idealized" create by mental act, create mentally - create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands cook up, fabricate, invent, manufacture, make up - make up something artificial or untrue
	3.	hatch - inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating handicraft - a craft that requires skillful hands inlay - decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metal
	4.	hatch - draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper; "hatch the sheet" line - mark with lines; "sorrow had lined his face"
	5.	hatch - sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs" incubate, brood, cover procreate, reproduce, multiply - have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant; "The Bible tells people to procreate" hatch - emerge from the eggs; "young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch" breed, cover - copulate with a female, used especially of horses; "The horse covers the mare"

hatch

verb

1. incubate, breed, sit on, brood, bring forth I transferred the eggs to a hen Canary to hatch and rear.

2. devise, plan, design, project, scheme, manufacture, plot, invent, put together, conceive, brew, formulate, contrive, dream up (informal), concoct, think up, cook up (informal), trump up accused of hatching a plot to assassinate the Pope

Translations

hatch¹ [hætʃ] N

1. (Naut) → escotilla f

2. (Brit) (= serving hatch) → ventanilla f
see also batten

hatch² [hætʃ]

A. VT

1. (lit) [+ chick] → empollar; [+ egg] → incubar

2. (fig) [+ scheme] → idear; [+ plot] → tramar

B. VI [chick] → salir del huevo; [insect, larva] → eclosionar(frm)
the egg hatched → el pollo rompió el cascarón y salió
those eggs never hatched → esos huevos resultaron ser hueros

hatch³ [hætʃ] VT (Art) → sombrear

hatch [ˈhætʃ]

vi [chick, egg] → éclore

[+ egg] → faire éclore
to be hatched [chick] → éclore

[+ scheme, plot] → tramer

[ship] (also hatchway) → écoutille f
down the hatch! (when drinking) → cul sec! >

(British) (also service hatch) → passe-plat m inv

hatch¹

vt (also hatch out) → ausbrüten; (fig) plot, scheme also → aushecken; compromise → aushandeln

vi (also hatch out: bird) → ausschlüpfen; when will the eggs hatch? → wann schlüpfen die Jungen aus?

n (= brood) → Brut f

hatch²

(Naut) → Luke f; (in floor, ceiling) → Bodenluke f; (= half-door) → Halbtür f, → Niedertür f ? batten down

(service) hatch → Durchreiche f

down the hatch! (inf) → hoch die Tassen! (inf)

hatch³

vt (Art) → schraffieren

hatch¹ [hætʃ] n (Naut) (hatchway) → boccaporto (Brit) (service hatch) → sportello passavivande
down the hatch! (fam) (when drinking) → salute!

hatch² [hætʃ]

1. vt (chick) → fare nascere; (eggs) → fare schiudere (fig) (scheme, plot) → elaborare, mettere a punto

2. vi (chick) → uscire dal or rompere il guscio; (egg) → schiudersi

hatch² [hætʃ]

1. vt (chick) → fare nascere; (eggs) → fare schiudere (fig) (scheme, plot) → elaborare, mettere a punto

2. vi (chick) → uscire dal or rompere il guscio; (egg) → schiudersi

hatch¹

n hatch [hӕtʃ]

(the door or cover of) an opening in a wall, floor, ship's deck etc There are two hatches between the kitchen and dining-room for serving food. luik; skeepsluik فَتْحَة في حائِط بين غُرْفَتَيْن отвор servírovací okénko luge; lem die Durchreiche άνοιγμα ventanilla luuk دريچه luukku passe-plats אֶשנָב הַגָשָה तल में बना द्वार, विपाट द्वार otvor, vratašca lejáró; tálalóablak pintu op, lúga, dyr portello, mezza porta 連絡口 (배의 갑판에 있는) 해치, 창구(艙口) anga, liukas lūka hac luik luke, lem otwór, właz, okienko portinhola ferestruică (între bucătărie şi sufragerie); trapă крышка люка;люк (servírovacie) okienko, dvierka, poklop okence, loputa otvor lucka ประตูเล็กที่อยู่บนพื้นหรือเพดานเครื่องบินหรือเรือ ambar ağzı 活板門，艙口 люк; заслінка درمیانی دروازہ یا کھڑکی cửa hầm; cửa sàn 舱口，门、墙壁、地板上的开口，小门

n hatchway

an opening, especially in a ship's deck. luikgat فتْحَة في سَطْح السَّفينَه стълбище от палубата palubní jícen luge die Luke καταπακτή escotilla laevaluuk دریچه kulkuaukko écoutille כַּוָוה विपाट मार्ग grotlo (palubni otvor za krcanje) lejáró (hajón) lubang palka lestarop, lúgugat boccaporto 昇降口 (갑판의) 승강구 liukas lūka lubang hac luik luke(åpning), lem luk escotilha tambuchi люк palubný otvor odprtina (v ladijskem krovu) šuber skeppslucka, lucköppning ดาดฟ้า ambar ağzı kapağı 艙口 люк جہاز کے عرشے میں فرشی دروازہ cửa xuống hầm (tàu thuỷ) 舱口

hatch²

v hatch [hӕtʃ]

1 to produce (young birds etc) from eggs My hens have hatched ten chicks. uitbroei تُفَقِّصُ البَيْضَ люпя (се) vysedět udklække; udruge ausbrüten κλωσώ empollar, incubar välja hauduma از تخم درآوردن munia faire éclore לְהַדגִיר उत्पन्न करना izleci (ki)költ menetaskan klekja; unga út far nascere*, covare 孵化する 부화하다 (iš)perėti perēt menetaskan (uit)broeden klekke/ruge ut wysiadywać chocar a scoate/a face pui высиживать vysedieť izvaliti sneti kläcka กกไข่ civciv çıkarmak 孵出 висиджувати, виводити انڈا نکالنا ấp trứng 孵出

2 to break out of the egg These chicks hatched this morning. uitbroei يُفَرِّخُ، يَخْرُج الصوص من البَيْضَه излюпвам (се) vylíhnout se udklække schlüpfen εκκολάπτομαι, βγαίνω από το αβγό romper el cascarón kooruma از تخم بيرون آمدن kuoriutua éclore לִבקוֹעַ अण्डे से कर बच्चे निकलना या निकालना izleci se (iz jaja,pilici)) kikel menetas klekjast; skríða úr eggi uscire dall'uovo かえる 알을 품다 išsiristi izšķilties menetas uit het ei komen, uitkomen bli klekket/ruget ut wykluwać się sair do ovo a ieşi din ou вылупляться vyliahnuť sa izleči se izleći se kläckas ออกจากไข่ yumurtadan çıkmak 破殼而出 вилуплюватися з яйця انڈے سے نکلنا nở 孵化

3 to become young birds Four of the eggs have hatched. uitbroei يُفَقِّصُ излюпвам (се) dozrát (k vylíhnutí) udruge sich entwickeln βγαίνω από το αβγό και γίνομαι πουλάκι abrirse, eclosionar tibusid andma از تخم در آمدن kuoriutua éclore לִבקוֹעַ अण्डे से बच्चे निकलना izleci se (mali ptici) kikel menetas klekjast schiudersi ひなになる 새끼 새가 되다 prasikalti izšķilties menetas uitgebroed zijn klekke (ut) wylęgać się desenvolver-se a da/a scoate pui выводиться vyliahnuť sa odpreti se (jajce) ispiliti bli kyckling (fågelunge) ฟักไข่เป็นตัว civciv çıkmak 孵化 прокльовуватися انڈوں سے نکلنے والے چوزے nở ra con （小鸡）出壳

4 to plan (something, usually bad) in secret to hatch a plot. smee, beraam يُحيكُ، يُدَبِّرُ замислям тайно osnovat, kout udklække; udpønse aushecken εξυφαίνω, σχεδιάζω tramar, urdir, maquinar hauduma نقشه كشيدن hautoa (se) tramer לְתַכנֵן योजना तैयार करना skovati urotu, tajno zasnovati kieszel merencanakan brugga, undirbúa tramare たくらむ 음모를 꾸미다 slapta brandinti perināt (nodomu u.tml.) merancang plannen, smeden pønske/klekke ut knuć maquinar a pune la cale замышлять osnovať, ukuť kovati (zaroto) kovati kläcka, koka ihop วางแผน kurmak 圖謀 замишляти, затівати خفیہ طریقے سے منصوبہ بندی کرنا ngấm ngầm âm mưu 图谋

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