Definitions for: Hatching


[n] shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
[n] the production of young from an egg
[adj] good at incubating eggs especially a fowl kept for that purpose; "a brood hen"



Webster (1913) Definition: Hatch"ing, n. [See 1st Hatch.]
A mode of execution in engraving, drawing, and miniature
painting, in which shading is produced by lines crossing each
other at angles more or less acute; -- called also
crosshatching.

Synonyms: brood, brooding, crosshatch, hachure, hatch, hatch, oviparous

See Also: birth, birthing, giving birth, parturition, shading

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