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hatching

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hatch·ing  (hchng)
n.
1. Fine lines used in graphic arts to show shading.
2. The process of decorating with such lines.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hatchinghatching - the production of young from an egg
birthing, giving birth, parturition, birth - the process of giving birth
2.hatchinghatching - shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
shading - graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting
Translations
hatching1 [ˈhætʃɪŋ] N [of egg] → incubación f; [of chick] → salida f del huevo; [of insect, larva] → eclosión f (frm) (fig) [of scheme] → ideación f; [of plot] → maquinación f
hatching2 [ˈhætʃɪŋ] N (Art) → sombreado m
hatching
n (Art) → Schraffur f, → Schraffierung f


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Rebeccah Puddle-duck, was perfectly willing to leave the hatching to some one else --"I have not the patience to sit on a nest for twenty-eight days; and no more have you, Jemima.
Betsy said all this, and, at the same time, from her good-humored, shrewd glance, Anna felt that she partly guessed her plight, and was hatching something for her benefit.
'Now,' said the father to the eldest son, 'take away the eggs without letting the bird that is sitting upon them and hatching them know anything of what you are doing.
 
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