Definition of hatching Hatching

/hæˈʧɪŋ/ - [hatching] - hatch•ing

We found 9 definitions of hatching from 4 different sources.

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What does hatching mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

hatching - shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
  hatch, crosshatch, hachure
  shading a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades
hatching - the production of young from an egg
  hatch
  birthing, giving birth, parturition, birth the process of giving birth
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • hatching (Noun)
    A method of shading areas of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines.
  • hatching (Noun)
    A group of birds, reptiles, fish, insects, etc. , which emerge from their eggs at the same time.
  • hatching (Noun)
    The act of an egg hatching, eclosion.
  • hatching (Verb)
    Present participle of hatch.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • hatching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
    of Hatch
  • hatching (n.)
    A mode of execution in engraving, drawing, and miniature painting, in which shading is produced by lines crossing each other at angles more or less acute; -- called also crosshatching.

Part of speech

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  • hatching, verb, gerund of hatch (infinitive).
  • hatching, noun, singular of hatchings.

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Sign Language

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