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Initializing and Hatching

noun

  • The production of young from an egg.
  • Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines.

verb

  • Emerge from the eggs.
    • usage: "young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch"
  • Devise or invent.
    • usage: "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"
  • Inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating.
  • Draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper.
    • usage: "hatch the sheet"
  • Sit on (eggs. )
    • usage: "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs"
  • (n.) 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.
  • (p.pr.&vb.n.) of Hatch.