Definition of "hatch"
- noun
A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.
A trapdoor.
An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items. A pass through.
A small door in large mechanical structures and vehicles such as aircraft and spacecraft often provided for access for maintenance.
A opening through the deck of a ship or submarine.
A gullet.
A group of birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time.
The phenomenon, lasting 1-2 days, of large clouds of mayflies appearing in one location (to mate, having reached maturity).
As in the phrase "hatched, matched, and dispatched." A birth, the birth records (in the newspaper).
- verb
To close with a hatch or hatches.
(of young animals) To emerge from an egg.
(of eggs) To break open when a young animal emerges from it.
To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.
To devise. (hatch a plan).
To shade an area of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines, or with lines which cross each other: cross-hatch.
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