hatching

Plural: hatchings

Noun

• A technique of drawing or engraving with fine parallel lines for shading.
• the production of young from an egg
• shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
• A method of shading areas of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines.
• A group of birds, reptiles, fish, insects, etc., which emerge from their eggs at the same time.
• The act of an egg hatching, eclosion.
• Patterns used in construction drawings to represent various materials.

Verb

• emerge from the eggs
• devise or invent
• inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating
• draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper
• sit on (eggs)
• present participle and gerund of hatch

Examples

• The subtle HATCHING of the board’s bonus squares revealed a strategic opening.
• We got a good hatching from the swallowtail eggs.

Synonyms

brood, concoct, cover, crosshatch, dream up, hachure, hatch, incubate, think of, think up