hatch
- hatch
- [[t]hæ̱tʃ[/t]]
hatches, hatching, hatched
1) V-ERG When a baby bird, insect, or other animal hatches, or when it is hatched, it comes out of its egg by breaking the shell.
As soon as the two chicks hatch, they leave the nest burrow...
[be V-ed] The young disappeared soon after they were hatched. [Also V n]
2) V-ERG When an egg hatches or when a bird, insect, or other animal hatches an egg, the egg breaks open and a baby comes out.
The eggs hatch after a week or ten days...
[V n] During these periods the birds will lie on the cage floor as if trying to lay or hatch eggs.
Hatch out means the same as hatch.
Also V n P, V P n (not pron)
V P Seeing the eggs hatch out for the first time is a moment that I will never forget.
3) VERB If you hatch a plot or a scheme, you think of it and work it out.
[V n] He has accused opposition parties of hatching a plot to assassinate the Pope.
4) N-COUNT A hatch is an opening in the deck of a ship, through which people or cargo can go. You can also refer to the door of this opening as a hatch.
He stuck his head up through the hatch...
All deck fittings, windows, hatches and doors had been fastened.
5) N-COUNT A hatch is an opening in a ceiling or a wall, especially between a kitchen and a dining room, which you can pass something such as food through. [mainly BRIT]
6) PHRASE: V inflects If someone battens down the hatches, they prepare themselves so that they will be able to survive a coming difficulty or crisis.
Many firms are battening down the hatches and preparing to ride out the storm.
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Hatch — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Carl Hatch (1889–1963), US amerikanischer Politiker Edwin Hatch (1835–1899), englischer Theologe und Septuagintaforscher Herschel H. Hatch (1837–1920), US amerikanischer Politiker Israel T. Hatch… … Deutsch Wikipedia
hatch — hatch·abil·i·ty; hatch·able; hatch; hatch·er; hatch·ery; hatch·ery·man; hatch·ett·ine; hatch·et·to·lite; hatch·ite; hatch·ling; hatch·man; hatch·ment; nut·hatch; quick·hatch; hatch·el; hatch·et; hatch·ett·ite; hatch·mind·er; hatch·way·man; … English syllables
Hatch — may refer to:* Hatching, also called cross hatching , an artistic technique used to create tonal or shading effects using closely spaced parallel lines * Hatching, the emergence of a young animal from an egg * A trapdoor, also called a hatch, a… … Wikipedia
Hatch — Hatch, v. t. [OE. hacchen, hetchen; akin to G. hecken, Dan. hekke; cf. MHG. hagen bull; perh. akin to E. hatch a half door, and originally meaning, to produce under a hatch. [root]12.] 1. To produce, as young, from an egg or eggs by incubation,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hatch — Hatch, n. [OE. hacche, AS. h[ae]c, cf. haca the bar of a door, D. hek gate, Sw. h[ a]ck coop, rack, Dan. hekke manger, rack. Prob. akin to E. hook, and first used of something made of pieces fastened together. Cf. {Heck}, {Hack} a frame.] 1. A… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hatch — Hatch, NM U.S. village in New Mexico Population (2000): 1673 Housing Units (2000): 635 Land area (2000): 3.097088 sq. miles (8.021422 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.097088 sq. miles (8.021422… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
hatch — Ⅰ. hatch [1] ► NOUN 1) a small opening in a floor, wall, or roof allowing access from one area to another. 2) a door in an aircraft, spacecraft, or submarine. ● down the hatch Cf. ↑down the hatch ORIGIN Old … English terms dictionary
Hatch — Hatch, v. t. To close with a hatch or hatches. [1913 Webster] T were not amiss to keep our door hatched. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hatch, NM — U.S. village in New Mexico Population (2000): 1673 Housing Units (2000): 635 Land area (2000): 3.097088 sq. miles (8.021422 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.097088 sq. miles (8.021422 sq. km)… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Hatch, UT — U.S. town in Utah Population (2000): 127 Housing Units (2000): 81 Land area (2000): 0.269264 sq. miles (0.697390 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.269264 sq. miles (0.697390 sq. km) FIPS code:… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
hatch´el|er — hatch|el «HACH uhl», noun, verb, eled, el|ing or (especially British) elled, el|ling. –n. a comb used in cleaning flax or hemp. –v.t. 1. to comb (flax or hemp) with a hatchel. 2. Figurative. to annoy; torment. Also … Useful english dictionary
