US /ˈhæt͡ʃɪŋ/
noun verb Freq #25953

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    The process of young animals coming out of their eggs.

    We watched the hatching of the turtle eggs on the beach.

  2. 2
    noun

    A way of shading a drawing using fine parallel lines.

    The artist used hatching to add shadow to the portrait.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · the process of young... hatch
2 noun · a way of shading a drawing... hatch
Word family
Derived forms cross-hatchingposthatchingprehatching

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