Definitions for hatching

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hatching hatch·ing

Spelling: [hach-ing]

IPA: /ˈhætʃ ɪŋ/

Hatching is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 190 anagrams from letters in hatching (acghhint).

Definitions for hatching

noun

1. hachure (def 2).
2. the act of hatching.
3. something that is hatched, as a brood.
4. a shading line in drawing or engraving.

verb (used with object)

1. to bring forth (young) from the egg.
2. to cause young to emerge from (the egg) as by brooding or incubating.
3. to bring forth or produce; devise; create; contrive; concoct:
4. to mark with lines, especially closely set parallel lines, as for shading in drawing or engraving.
5. hachure (def 3).

verb (used without object)

1. to be hatched.
2. to brood.

Origin of hatching

First recorded in 1655-65; hatch³ + -ing¹

Examples for hatching

"They are hatching out something, that is sure," remarked Jack.

Then each day from the second to that of hatching remove an egg, break it, and examine it.

If it had been spread over, say six months, the hatching might have got fixed right.

What rascally treachery have you been hatching since I saw you?

Within weeks of hatching the idea, the rapper and his cousin inked a deal with My Damn Channel for a season of 10 shows.

The hatching time was drawing near, and it was a most exciting period.

Hens set twenty days, and convenient places should be provided for their laying, which will also serve for setting and hatching.

"I'm no' so sure it will not come to a hatching yet," said Sir Archy, with a dry shake of the head.

What on earth are Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama hatching up for the Middle East this time?

He decries the search for “velvet-jacketed Bond villains” hatching a “malevolent plan.”