Definitions of HATCH [ætʃ]

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Definition of 'HATCH'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) hatch
to cause young to emerge from (the egg), as by brooding or incubating.

2.  hatch
to bring forth or produce; devise; plot.

3. (v.i.) hatch
to be hatched.

4.  hatch
to brood.

5. (n.) hatch
the act of hatching.

6.  hatch
something that is hatched, as a brood.

7. (n.) hatch
the cover over such an opening.

8.  hatch
an opening or door in an aircraft.

9.  hatch
the lower half of a divided door.

10.  hatch
a small door, grated opening, or serving counter in or attached to a wall.

11. (v.t.) hatch
to mark with lines, esp. closely set parallel lines, as for shading in drawing or engraving.

12. (n.) hatch
a shading line in drawing or engraving.

Etymology: (1470–80; earlier hache < MF hacher to cut up, der. of hache ax. See hatchet)

Definition of 'HATCH'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) hatch, hatching
the production of young from an egg

2. (noun) hatch, hatching, crosshatch, hachure
shading consisting of multiple crossing lines

3. (verb) hatch
a movable barrier covering a hatchway

4. (verb) hatch
emerge from the eggs
"young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch"

5. (verb) think up, think of, dream up, hatch, concoct
devise or invent
"He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"

6. (verb) hatch
inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating

7. (verb) hatch
draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper
"hatch the sheet"

8. (verb) brood, hatch, cover, incubate
sit on (eggs)
"Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs"

Definition of 'HATCH'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) hatch
(of a baby bird, fish, etc.) to come out of its egg at birth
when the eggs/babies hatch

Definition of 'HATCH'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) HATCH
the act of hatching

2. (noun) HATCH
development; disclosure; discovery

3. (noun) HATCH
the chickens produced at once or by one incubation; a brood

4. (noun) HATCH
a door with an opening over it; a half door, sometimes set with spikes on the upper edge

5. (noun) HATCH
a frame or weir in a river, for catching fish

6. (noun) HATCH
a flood gate; a a sluice gate

7. (noun) HATCH
a bedstead

8. (noun) HATCH
an opening in the deck of a vessel or floor of a warehouse which serves as a passageway or hoistway; a hatchway; also; a cover or door, or one of the covers used in closing such an opening

9. (noun) HATCH
an opening into, or in search of, a mine

10. (verb) HATCH
to cross with lines in a peculiar manner in drawing and engraving. See Hatching

11. (verb) HATCH
to cross; to spot; to stain; to steep

12. (verb) HATCH
to produce, as young, from an egg or eggs by incubation, or by artificial heat; to produce young from (eggs); as, the young when hatched

13. (verb) HATCH
to contrive or plot; to form by meditation, and bring into being; to originate and produce; to concoct; as, to hatch mischief; to hatch heresy

14. (verb) HATCH
to produce young; -- said of eggs; to come forth from the egg; -- said of the young of birds, fishes, insects, etc

15. (verb) HATCH
to close with a hatch or hatches

Definition of 'HATCH'

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

1. HATCH
An opening in a ship

Translation of 'HATCH'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (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.
Afrikaans: luik; skeepsluik	Arabic: فَتْحَة في حائِط بين غُرْ	Bulgarian: отвор
Brazilian: portinhola	Czech: servírovací okénko	German: die Durchreiche
Danish: luge; lem	Greek: άνοιγμα	Spanish: ventanilla
Estonian: luuk	Farsi: دريچه	Finnish: luukku
French: passe-plats	Hebrew: אֶשנָב הַגָשָה	Hindi: तल में बना द्वार, विपाट द
Croatian: otvor, vratašca	Hungarian: lejáró; tálalóablak	Indonesian: pintu
Icelandic: op, lúga, dyr	Italian: portello, mezza porta*	Japanese: 連絡口
Korean: (배의 갑판에 있는) 해치, 창구(艙口)	Lithuanian: anga, liukas	Latvian: lūka
Malay: hac	Dutch: luik	Norwegian: luke, lem
Polish: otwór, właz, okienko	Persian: دريچه	Pashto: چاكول ( د هګيو): شاربل چر
Portuguese: portinhola	Romanian: ferestruică (între bucăt	Russian: крышка люка;люк
Slovak: (servírovacie) okienko, d	Slovenian: okence, loputa	Serbian: otvor
Swedish: lucka	Thai: ประตูเล็กที่อยู่บนพื้นหรื	Turkish: ambar ağzı
Taiwanese: 活板門，艙口	Ukrainian: люк; заслінка	Urdu: درمیانی دروازہ یا کھڑکی
Vietnamese: cửa hầm; cửa sàn	Chinese: 活板门，（门、墙壁、地板上的）开口，舱口
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