What does hatch mean?
Definitions for hatch
hætʃhatch
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word hatch.
Princeton's WordNet
hatch, hatchingnoun
the production of young from an egg
hatch, hatching, crosshatch, hachurenoun
shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
hatchverb
a movable barrier covering a hatchway
hatchverb
emerge from the eggs
"young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch"
think up, think of, dream up, hatch, concoctverb
devise or invent
"He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"
hatchverb
inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating
hatchverb
draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper
"hatch the sheet"
brood, hatch, cover, incubateverb
sit on (eggs)
"Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Hatchnoun
Etymology: from the verb.
Something’s in his soul,
O’er which his melancholy sits on brood;
And, I do doubt, the hatch and the disclose
Will be some danger. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.Something about, a little from the right,
In at the window, or else o’er the hatch. William Shakespeare, K. John.To the king’s ship, invisible as thou art,
There shalt thou find the mariners asleep
Under the hatches. William Shakespeare, Tempest.There she’s hid;
The mariners all under hatches stow’d. William Shakespeare, Tempest.So seas, impell’d by winds with added pow’r,
Assault the sides, and o’er the hatches tow’r. Dryden.A ship was fasten’d to the shore;
The plank was ready laid for safe ascent,
For shelter there the trembling shadow bent,
And skip’d and sculk’d, and under hatches went. Dryden.He assures us how this fatherhood began in Adam, continued its course ’till the flood, got out of the ark with Noah, made and supported all the kings of the earth, ’till the captivity in Egypt, and then the poor fatherhood was under hatches. John Locke.
To Hatchverb
Etymology: hecken, German, as Stephen Skinner thinks, from heghen, eghen, œg, egg, Saxon.
When they have laid such a number of eggs as they can conveniently cover and hatch, they give over, and begin to sit. John Ray, on the Creation.
He kindly spreads his spacious wing,
And hatches plenty for th’ ensuing Spring. John Denham.The tepid caves, and fens and shores,
Their brood as numerous hatch from th’ eggs, that soon
Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclos’d
Their callow young. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. vii.Others hatch their eggs and tend the birth, ’till it is able to shift for itself. Joseph Addison, Spectator.
Which thing they very well know, and, I doubt not, will easily confess, who live to their great both toil and grief, where the blasphemies of Arrians are renewed by them; who, to hatch their heresy, have chosen those churches as fittest nests where Athanasius’s creed is not heard. Richard Hooker, b. v. s. 42.
He was a man harmless and faithful, and one who never hatched any hopes prejudicial to the king, but always intended his safety and honour. John Hayward.
Who first shall wound, through others arms, his blood appearing fresh,
Shall win this sword, silver’d and hatcht. George Chapman, Iliads.Such as Agamemnon and the hand of Greece
Should hold up high in brass; and such again
As venerable Nestor, hatch’d in silver,
Should with a bond of air, strong as the axle-tree
On which heav’n rides, knit all the Grecian ears
To his experienc’d tongue. William Shakespeare, Troil. and Cressida.Those tender hairs, and those hatching strokes of the pencil, which make a kind of minced meat in painting, are never able to deceive the sight. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.
To Hatchverb
He observed circumstances in eggs, whilst they were hatching, which varied. Boyle.
ChatGPT
hatch
Hatch primarily has two different meanings depending on the context. In the context of animals, to hatch means the process by which an animal emerges from an egg. In the context of ships or other vehicles, a hatch is a door or opening, specifically in a ship, submarine, spacecraft, or aircraft.
Webster Dictionary
Hatchverb
to cross with lines in a peculiar manner in drawing and engraving. See Hatching
Hatchverb
to cross; to spot; to stain; to steep
Hatchverb
to produce, as young, from an egg or eggs by incubation, or by artificial heat; to produce young from (eggs); as, the young when hatched
Hatchverb
to contrive or plot; to form by meditation, and bring into being; to originate and produce; to concoct; as, to hatch mischief; to hatch heresy
Hatchverb
to produce young; -- said of eggs; to come forth from the egg; -- said of the young of birds, fishes, insects, etc
Hatchnoun
the act of hatching
Hatchnoun
development; disclosure; discovery
Hatchnoun
the chickens produced at once or by one incubation; a brood
Hatchnoun
a door with an opening over it; a half door, sometimes set with spikes on the upper edge
Hatchnoun
a frame or weir in a river, for catching fish
Hatchnoun
a flood gate; a a sluice gate
Hatchnoun
a bedstead
Hatchnoun
an opening in the deck of a vessel or floor of a warehouse which serves as a passageway or hoistway; a hatchway; also; a cover or door, or one of the covers used in closing such an opening
Hatchnoun
an opening into, or in search of, a mine
Hatchverb
to close with a hatch or hatches
Etymology: [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. 12.]
Wikidata
Hatch
Hatch is a town in Garfield County, Utah, United States. The population was 127 at the 2000 census. It is approximately 217 miles from Salt Lake City.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Hatch
hach, n. a door with an opening over it, a wicket or door made of cross-bars; the covering of a hatchway.—v.t. to close as with a hatch.—ns. Hatch′-boat, a kind of half-decked fishing-boat; Hatch′way, the opening in a ship's deck into the hold, or from one deck to another.—Under hatches, below deck, off duty, under arrest. [A.S. hæc, a gate; Dut. hek, a gate.]
Hatch
hach, v.t. to produce, especially from eggs, by incubation: to originate: to plot.—v.i. to produce young: to be advancing towards maturity.—n. act of hatching: brood hatched.—ns. Hatch′er, one who, or that which, hatches; Hatch′ery, a place for hatching eggs, esp. those of fish, by artificial means.—Count the chickens before they are hatched, to depend too securely on some future and uncertain event. [Early M. E. hacchen, from an assumed A.S. hæccean; cf. Mid. High Ger. hecken, Sw. häcka.]
Hatch
hach, v.t. to shade by minute lines crossing each other in drawing and engraving.—n. Hatch′ing, the mode of so shading. [O. Fr. hacher, to chop.]
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
hatch
An opening in a ship
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
HATCH
To develop eggs. HATCHWAY Place for developing eggs; a hen-coop.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
hatch
A half-door. A contrivance for trapping salmon. (See HECK.)
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
HATCH
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hatch is ranked #1304 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Hatch surname appeared 26,903 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 9 would have the surname Hatch.
86.9% or 23,403 total occurrences were White.
6.8% or 1,848 total occurrences were Black.
2.3% or 640 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.8% or 484 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1.3% or 358 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
0.6% or 167 total occurrences were Asian.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hatch in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hatch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of hatch in a Sentence
USPS has failed to implement sufficient controls to ensure compliance with the Hatch Act.
Its hard to say this, but the odds of our Big Bear bald eagle nests eggs will hatch this year are diminishing each day, the window of successful hatching is closing.
I join the people of Utah in thanking my friend, Senator Orrin Hatch for his more than forty years of service to our great state and nation.
First of all, I dont know who the whistleblower is, i havent met them or communicated with him in any way. The conspiracy theory, which I think was outlined earlier, that the whistleblower colluded with the Intel Committee staff to hatch an impeachment inquiry is a complete and total fiction.
He said that seeing [Hatch] executed brought him a sense of closure, only because he knew that he wouldn't have to keep going back to trials, but when he met with [Ake] and forgave him, that's what brought him peace.
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Translations for hatch
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- zosnovat, vysedět, vylíhnout, vyklubatCzech
- hecken, schlüpfen, brüten, ausbrüten, ausschlüpfen, LukeGerman
- escotillaSpanish
- kuoriutua, pesue, aueta, parveilu, tarjoiluluukku, huoltoluukku, luukku, hautoa, haudontaeräFinnish
- couvée, passe-plat, trappe, écoutille, éclore, naître, sortir de l'œufFrench
- guirScottish Gaelic
- palkaIndonesian
- incubare, passavivande, scoppiare, covare, tramare, covata, schiusa, complottare, botola, schiudersi, osteriggioItalian
- ハッチ, 孵化Japanese
- kopani, paoMāori
- het openbreken van een ei, op een ei broeden, een ei bevruchten, luik, uit het ei komenDutch
- klekke, lukeNorwegian
- włazPolish
- escotilha, eclodirPortuguese
- urzi, clociRomanian
- вынашивать, шлюз, вывести, замыслить, выводить, люк, разработать, высиживать, вы́водок, лаз, лопнуть, лазейка, вылупиться, лопаться, вылупляться, высидеть, замышлять, разрабатывать, выноситьRussian
- kläcka, underhållslucka, serveringslucka, luckaSwedish
- குஞ்சுTamil
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