Word Study
hatch
CIDE DICTIONARY
hatch, v. t. [F. hacher to chop, hack. See Hash.].
- To cross with lines in a peculiar manner in drawing and engraving. See Hatching. [1913 Webster]"Shall win this sword, silvered and hatched." [1913 Webster]"Those hatching strokes of the pencil." [1913 Webster]
- To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep. [1913 Webster]"His weapon hatched in blood." [1913 Webster]
hatch, v. t. [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.
- 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. Paley. [1913 Webster]"As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not." [1913 Webster]"For the hens do not sit upon the eggs; but by keeping them in a certain equal heat they [the husbandmen] bring life into them and hatch them." [1913 Webster]
- 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. Hooker. [1913 Webster]"Fancies hatched
In silken-folded idleness." [1913 Webster]
hatch, v. i.
To produce young; -- said of eggs; to come forth from the egg; -- said of the young of birds, fishes, insects, etc. [1913 Webster]
hatch, n.
- The act of hatching. [1913 Webster]
- Development; disclosure; discovery. Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The chickens produced at once or by one incubation; a brood. [1913 Webster]
hatch, n. [OE. hacche, AS. hæc, cf. haca the bar of a door, D. hek gate, Sw. häck coop, rack, Dan. hekke manger, rack. Prob. akin to E. hook, and first used of something made of pieces fastened together. Cf. Heck, Hack a frame.].
- A door with an opening over it; a half door, sometimes set with spikes on the upper edge. [1913 Webster]"In at the window, or else o'er the hatch." [1913 Webster]
- A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish. [1913 Webster]
- A flood gate; a sluice gate. Ainsworth. [1913 Webster]
- A bedstead. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- An opening into, or in search of, a mine. [1913 Webster]
hatch, v. t.
To close with a hatch or hatches. [1913 Webster]
"'T were not amiss to keep our door hatched." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hatch, n.
1 an opening between two rooms, e.g. between a kitchen and a dining-room for serving food.
2 an opening or door in an aircraft, spacecraft, etc.
3 Naut. a = HATCHWAY. b a trapdoor or cover for this (often in pl.: batten the hatches).
4 a floodgate.
1 an opening between two rooms, e.g. between a kitchen and a dining-room for serving food.
2 an opening or door in an aircraft, spacecraft, etc.
3 Naut. a = HATCHWAY. b a trapdoor or cover for this (often in pl.: batten the hatches).
4 a floodgate.
Idiom
down the hatch sl. (as a drinking toast) drink up, cheers! under hatches
1 below deck.
2 a down out of sight. b brought low; dead.
1 below deck.
2 a down out of sight. b brought low; dead.
hatch, v. & n.
--v.
1 intr. a (often foll. by out) (of a young bird or fish etc.) emerge from the egg. b (of an egg) produce a young animal.
2 tr. incubate (an egg).
3 tr. (also foll. by up) devise (a plot etc.).
--n.
1 the act or an instance of hatching.
2 a brood hatched.
--v.
1 intr. a (often foll. by out) (of a young bird or fish etc.) emerge from the egg. b (of an egg) produce a young animal.
2 tr. incubate (an egg).
3 tr. (also foll. by up) devise (a plot etc.).
--n.
1 the act or an instance of hatching.
2 a brood hatched.
hatch, v.tr. mark (a surface, e.g. a map or drawing) with close parallel lines.
Etymology
ME f. F hacher f. hache HATCHET
THESAURUS
hatch
French door, angle, archway, autolithograph, back door, barway, be a printmaker, be born, be gravid, be illegitimate, be knocked up, be pregnant, be with child, beget, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish, blotch, brand, breed, brew, bring forth, bring into being, brood, bulkhead, cabal, call into being, carriage entrance, carry, carry young, cartoon, carve, cause, cellar door, cellarway, chalk, chalk up, character, charcoal, check, check off, chisel, cicatrize, clutch, coin, collude, color, come forth, complot, conceit, conceive, conceptualize, concoct, connive, conspire, contrive, cook up, copy, counterfeit, countermine, counterplot, cover, crayon, crease, create, cribble, crosshatch, culture, cut, dapple, dash, dash off, daub, define, delimit, delineate, demarcate, depict, design, develop, devise, diagram, discolor, discover, doodle, door, doorjamb, doorpost, doorway, dot, draft, draw, dream up, enchase, engender, engineer, engrave, evolve, experience imaginatively, fabricate, fake, fancy, fantasize, farm, farrow, father, fatten, feed, fictionalize, finagle, finesse, fleck, forge, formulate, frame, frame up, freckle, front door, fry, fudge, furrow, gash, gate, gatepost, gateway, generate, gestate, get, get up, give being to, give rise to, grave, groove, grow, hatch a plot, hatch up, hatchway, have birth, hoke up, ideate, imagine, impress, imprint, improvise, incise, incubate, induce, inscribe, intrigue, invent, issue forth, keep, lay a plot, limn, line, lintel, lithograph, litter, machinate, make, make a mark, make do with, make prints, make up, maneuver, manufacture, mark, mark off, mark out, mature, mint, mold, mottle, nest, nick, notch, nurture, occasion, operate, originate, paint, paint a picture, parent, pencil, pepper, picture, picturize, plan, plot, point, porch, portal, porte cochere, portray, postern, prick, print, procreate, produce, propylaeum, provoke, punch, punctuate, puncture, pylon, raise, ranch, rear, riddle, rig, run, scar, scarify, scheme, score, scotch, scrape, scratch, sculpture, scumble, scuttle, seal, seam, set, shade, shape, side door, sire, sit, sketch, spat, spawn, speck, speckle, splotch, spot, stain, stamp, stencil, stigmatize, stile, stipple, storm door, streak, striate, strike out, stripe, suppose, tattoo, think out, think up, threshold, tick, tick off, tint, tollgate, tool, trace, trap, trap door, trump up, turnpike, turnstile, underline, underscore, wangle, work up, youngROGET THESAURUS
hatch
Plan
VB plan, scheme, design, frame, contrive, project, forecast, sketch, devise, invent, set one's wits to work, spring a project, fall upon, hit upon, strike out, chalk out, cut out, lay out, map out, lay down a plan, shape out a course, mark out a course, predetermine, concert, preconcert, preestablish, prepare, hatch, hatch a plot concoct, take steps, take measures, cast, recast, systematize, organize, arrange, digest, mature, plot, counter-plot, counter-mine, dig a mine, lay a train, intrigue.Preparation
VB prepare, get ready, make ready, make preparations, settle preliminaries, get up, sound the note of preparation, set in order, put in order, forecast, prepare the ground, plow the ground, dress the ground, till the soil, cultivate the soil, predispose, sow the seed, lay a train, dig a mine, lay the groundwork, fix the groundwork, lay the basis, fix the basis, lay the foundations, fix the foundations, dig the foundations, erect the scaffolding, lay the first stone, roughhew, cut out work, block out, hammer out, lick into shape, elaborate, mature, ripen, mellow, season, bring to maturity, nurture, hatch, cook, brew, temper, anneal, smelt, barbecue, infumate, maturate, equip, arm, man, fit-out, fit up, furnish, rig, dress, garnish, betrim, accouter, array, fettle, fledge, dress up, furbish up, brush up, vamp up, refurbish, sharpen one's tools, trim one's foils, set, prime, attune, whet the knife, whet the sword, wind up, screw up, adjust, put in trim, put in train, put in gear, put in working order, put in tune, put in a groove for, put in harness, pack, train, inure, breed, prepare for, rehearse, make provision for, take steps, take measures, take precautions, provide, provide against, beat up for recruits, open the door to, set one's house in order, make all snug, clear the decks, clear for action, close one's ranks, shuffle the cards, prepare oneself, serve an apprenticeship, lay oneself out for, get into harness, gird up one's loins, buckle on one's armor, reculer pour mieux sauter, prime and load, shoulder arms, get the steam up, put the horses to, guard against, make sure against, forearm, make sure, prepare for the evil day, have a rod in pickle, provide against a rainy day, feather one's nest, lay in provisions, make investments, keep on foot, be prepared, be ready, hold oneself in readiness, keep one's powder dry, lie in wait for, anticipate, principiis obstare, veniente occurrere morbo.Production
VB produce, perform, operate, do, make, gar, form, construct, fabricate, frame, contrive, manufacture, weave, forge, coin, carve, chisel, build, raise, edify, rear, erect, put together, set up, run up, establish, constitute, compose, organize, institute, achieve, accomplish, flower, bear fruit, fructify, teem, ean, yean, farrow, drop, pup, kitten, kindle, bear, lay, whelp, bring forth, give birth to, lie in, be brought to bed of, evolve, pullulate, usher into the world, make productive, create, beget, get, generate, fecundate, impregnate, procreate, progenerate, propagate, engender, bring into being, call into being, bring into existence, breed, hatch, develop, bring up, induce, superinduce, suscitate, cause, acquire.Inclosure
N inclosure, envelope, case, wrapper, girdle, pen, fold, pen fold, in fold, sheep fold, paddock, pound, corral, yard, net, seine net, wall, hedge, hedge row, espalier, fence, pale, paling, balustrade, rail, railing, quickset hedge, park paling, circumvallation, enceinte, ring fence, barrier, barricade, gate, gateway, bent, dingle, door, hatch, cordon, prison, dike, dyke, ditch, fosse, moat.Opening
N opening, hole, foramen, puncture, perforation, fontanel, transforation, pinhole, keyhole, loophole, porthole, peephole, mousehole, pigeonhole, eye of a needle, eyelet, slot, opening, aperture, apertness, hiation, yawning, oscitancy, dehiscence, patefaction, pandiculation, chasm, embrasure, window, casement, abatjour, light, sky light, fan light, lattice, bay window, bow window, oriel, dormer, lantern, outlet, inlet, vent, vomitory, embouchure, orifice, mouth, sucker, muzzle, throat, gullet, weasand, wizen, nozzle, placket, portal, porch, gate, ostiary, postern, wicket, trapdoor, hatch, door, arcade, cellarway, driveway, gateway, doorway, hatchway, gangway, lich gate, way, path, thoroughfare, channel, passage, passageway, tube, pipe, water pipe, air pipe, vessel, tubule, canal, gut, fistula, adjutage, ajutage, ostium, smokestack, chimney, flue, tap, funnel, gully, tunnel, main, mine, pit, adit, shaft, gallery, alley, aisle, glade, vista, bore, caliber, pore, blind orifice, fulgurite, thundertube, porousness, porosity, sieve, cullender, colander, cribble, riddle, screen, honeycomb, apertion, perforation, piercing, terebration, empalement, pertusion, puncture, acupuncture, penetration, key, opener, master key, password, combination, passe- partout, open, perforated, perforate, wide open, ajar, unclosed, unstopped, oscitant, gaping, yawning, patent, tubular, cannular, fistulous, pervious, permeable, foraminous, vesicular, vasicular, porous, follicular, cribriform, honeycombed, infundibular, riddled, tubulous, tubulated, piped, tubate, opening, aperient, Int, open sesame!.Falsehood
VB be false, be a liar, speak falsely, tell a lie, lie, fib, lie like a trooper, swear false, forswear, perjure oneself, bear false witness, misstate, misquote, miscite, misreport, misrepresent, belie, falsify, pervert, distort, put a false construction upon (misinterpret), prevaricate, equivocate, quibble, palter, palter to the understanding, repondre en Normand, trim, shuffle, fence, mince the truth, beat about the bush, blow hot and cold, play fast and loose, garble, gloss over, disguise, give a color to, give a gloss, put a gloss, put false coloring upon, color, varnish, cook, dress up, embroider, varnish right and puzzle wrong, exaggerate, blague, invent, fabricate, trump up, get up, force, fake, hatch, concoct, romance, cry 'wolf!', dissemble, dissimulate, feign, assume, put on, pretend, make believe, play possum, play false, play a double game, coquet, act a part, play a part, affect, simulate, pass off for, counterfeit, sham, make a show of, malinger, say the grapes are sour, cant, play the hypocrite, sham Abraham, faire pattes de velours, put on the mask, clean the outside of the platter, lie like a conjuror, hand out false colors, hold out false colors, sail under false colors, commend the poisoned chalice to the lips, ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces, deceive.Painting
VB paint, design, limn draw, sketch, pencil, scratch, shade, stipple, hatch, dash off, chalk out, square up, color, dead color, wash, varnish, draw in pencil, paint in oils, stencil, depict.For further exploring for "hatch" in Webster Dictionary Online
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