hatch

IPA: hˈætʃ

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.
(nautical) An opening through the deck of a ship or submarine
(slang) A gullet.
A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.
A floodgate; a sluice gate.
(Scotland) A bedstead.
(mining) An opening into, or in search of, a mine.
The act of hatching.
(figurative) Development; disclosure; discovery.
(poultry) A group of birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time.
(often as mayfly hatch) The phenomenon, lasting 1–2 days, of large clouds of mayflies appearing in one location to mate, having reached maturity.
(informal) A birth, the birth records (in the newspaper).
A surname.

(transitive) To close with a hatch or hatches.
(intransitive, of young animals) To emerge from an egg.
(intransitive, of eggs) To break open when a young animal emerges from it.
(transitive) To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.
(transitive) To devise (a plot or scheme).
(transitive) To shade an area of (a drawing, diagram, etc.) with fine parallel lines, or with lines which cross each other (cross-hatch).
(transitive, obsolete) To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep.

Examples of "hatch" in Sentences

The eggs will hatch in the spring.
The caterpillar hatches from the egg.
The egg hatches, revealing the phoenix.
The Hex hatch is so heavy the air around you hums.
The eggs hatch into miniature versions of the adult.
Embryos feed on the yolk of the egg until they hatch.
The caterpillars hatch by chewing their way out of the eggs.
In the fall, the eggs will overwinter and hatch in the spring.
Eggs are laid singly on the host plants and hatch in the spring.
Upon hatching, the altricial chicks are brooded until the nestling phase.
Chickens incubate the eggs and that helps the eggs to hatch faster and safer.
It's too early for hoppers and the midday cahill hatch is pretty good in Ohio.
Nice, bring lots of big black anything, the stonefly hatch is usually good right now.
Just make sure that every hatch is closed and that your motor and engine are not running before filling.
My favorite hatch is the Hex and i walk up the banks lookn for trout rising to the the big bugs on the surface.
July 24th, 2009 1: 13 pm ET hatch is a old school disgruntled Republican .... time to leave Orrin, women do have brains!
February 4th, 2010 at 5: 18 pm tombaker says: orrin hatch best learn his place, and stop interfering with our Military Leadership.
The hatch is shorter overall (lower polar moment, for you physics majors out there) and it offers 7.7 cubic feet more storage space.