hatching

To close with a hatch or hatches.

(of young animals) To emerge from an egg.

(of eggs) To break open when a young animal emerges from it.

To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.

To devise.

To shade an area of (a drawing, diagram, etc.) with fine parallel lines, or with lines which cross each other (cross-hatch).

To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep.

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.

“We got a good hatching from the swallowtail eggs.”

The act of an egg hatching, eclosion