hatching

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A group of birds, reptiles, fish, insects, etc., which emerge from their eggs at the same time.

   We got a good hatching from the swallowtail eggs.

2. 2
   noun

   shading consisting of multiple crossing lines

3. 3
   noun

   the production of young from an egg

4. 4
   noun

   A method of shading areas of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines.

5. 5
   noun

   The act of an egg hatching, eclosion.

6. 6
   noun

   Patterns used in construction drawings to represent various materials.

7. 7
   verb

   present participle and gerund of hatch