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Noun hatching has 2 senses
- hatch, hatching - the production of young from an egg
--1 is a kind of parturition, birth, giving birth, birthing
- hatch, hatching, crosshatch, hachure - shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
--2 is a kind of shading
Verb hatch has 5 senses
- hatch - emerge from the eggs; "young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch"
--1 is one way to be born
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- 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"
--2 is one way to create by mental act, create mentally
Sample sentence:
Did he hatch his major works over a short period of time?
- hatch - inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating
--3 is one way to inlay
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- hatch - draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper; "hatch the sheet"
--4 is one way to line
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- brood, hatch, cover, incubate - sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs"
--5 is one way to reproduce, procreate, multiply
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
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