hatch

hatch ¹  (hch)

n.

1.

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.

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

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hatch ²  (hch)

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.

n.

1. The act or an instance of hatching.

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

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

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hatcher n.

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hatch ¹

Verb

1. 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. (of eggs) to break and release the young animal within

3. to devise (a plot or plan) [Germanic]

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hatch ²

Noun

1. a hinged door covering an opening in a floor or wall

2.

a. short for hatchway

b. a door in an aircraft or spacecraft

3. Also called: (serving hatch) an opening in a wall between a kitchen and a dining area

4. Informal short for hatchback [Old English hæcc]

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hatch ³

Verb

Drawing, engraving, etc. to mark (a figure, etc.) with fine parallel or crossed lines to indicate shading [Old French hacher to chop]

hatching n

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

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

Thesaurus

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"

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hatch

verb 1. incubate, breed, sit on, brood, bring forth

verb 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

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

Translations

hatch [hætʃ] n (NAUT) (also: hatchway) → escotilla

vi → salir del cascarón

vt → incubar;

(fig) [+ scheme, plot]; idear, tramar

hatch [hætʃ] n (Naut) (also: hatchway) → écoutille f;

(Brit) (also: service hatch) → passe-plats m inv

vi → éclore

vt → faire éclore (fig) [+ scheme]; tramer, ourdir

hatch [hætʃ] n (Naut) (also: hatchway) → Luke f;

(also: service hatch) → Durchreiche f

vi (bird) → ausschlüpfen

vt → ausbrüten;

the eggs hatched after 10 days → nach 10 Tagen schlüpften die Jungen aus

hatch [hætʃ] n (NAUT) (also: hatchway) → boccaporto;

(BRIT) (also: service hatch) → portello di servizio

vi → schiudersi

vt → covare;

(fig) [+ scheme, plot]; elaborare, mettere a punto

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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; skeepsluikفَتْحَة في حائِط بين غُرْفَتَيْنотворservírovací okénkoluge; lemdie Durchreicheάνοιγμαventanillaluukدريچهluukkupasse-platsאֶשנָב הַגָשָהतल में बना द्वार, विपाट द्वारotvor, vratašcalejáró; tálalóablakpintuop, lúga, dyrportello, mezza porta*連絡口해치anga, liukaslūkahacluikluke, lemotwór, właz, okienkoportinholaferestruică (între bu­cătărie şi sufragerie); trapăкрышка люка;люк(servírovacie) okienko, dvierka, poklopokence, loputaotvorluckaประตูเล็กที่อยู่บนพื้นหรือเพดานเครื่องบินหรือเรือambar ağzı艙口，小門люк; заслінкаدرمیانی دروازہ یا کھڑکیcửa hầm; cửa sàn舱口，门、墙壁、地板上的开口，小门

n ˈhatchway

an opening, especially in a ship's deck. luikgatفتْحَة في سَطْح السَّفينَهстълбище от палубатаpalubní jícenlugedie Lukeκαταπακτήescotillalaevaluukدریچهkansiluukkuécoutilleכַּוָוהविपाट मार्गgrotlo (palubni otvor za krcanje)lejáró (hajón)lubang palkalestarop, lúgugatboccaporto昇降口창구(艙口)liukaslūkalubang hacluikluke(åpning), lemlukescotilhatambuchiлюкpalubný otvorodprtina (v ladijskem krovu)šuberskeppslucka, lucköppningดาดฟ้าambar ağzı kapağı艙口люкجہاز کے عرشے میں فرشی دروازہcửa xuống hầm (tàu thuỷ)舱口