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Meaning
Noun
●
A
horizontal
door
in a
floor
or ceiling.
●
A trapdoor.
●
An
opening
in a
wall
at
window
height
for the
purpose
of
serving
food or other
items
. A
pass
through.
●
A small
door
in large
mechanical
structures
and
vehicles
such as
aircraft
and
spacecraft
often
provided
for access for maintenance.
●
In Nautical:
An
opening
through the
deck
of a
ship
or submarine
●
A gullet.
●
A
frame
or
weir
in a
river
, for
catching
fish.
●
A
floodgate
; a
sluice
gate.
●
In Scottish English:
A bedstead.
●
In Mining:
An
opening
into, or
in search of
, a mine.
●
The
act
of hatching.
●
Development;
disclosure
; discovery.
●
In Eggs:
A group of
birds
that
emerged
from
eggs
at a
specified
time.
●
In Mayflies:
The
phenomenon
,
lasting
1–2
days
, of large
clouds
of
mayflies
appearing
in one
location
to
mate
, having
reached
maturity.
●
A
birth
, the
birth
records
(in the newspaper).
Verb
●
To
close
with a
hatch
or
hatch
es.
●
To
emerge
from an egg.
●
To
break open
when a
young
animal
emerges
from it.
●
In Eggs:
To
incubate
eggs
; to cause to hatch.
●
To
devise
(
a plot
or scheme).
●
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.
Name
●
A surname.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
hatch
English
hache
Middle English (1100-1500)
hæc
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
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Burrow
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Pod
Egg
Bolt
Gate
Cage
Roach
Chute
Rear
Beetle
Larva
Trapdoor
Incubate
Bonnet
Turtle
Tank
Trap
Breed
Die
Tray
Door
Flower
Grille
Feed
Sprout
Hole
Swim
Mature
Lock
Germinate
Grow
Ripen
Window
Molt
Bloom
Mate
Fertilise
Fly
Fertilize
Reproduce
Compartment
Enclosure
Spawn
Bite
Bellhousing
Trunk
Float
Cowling
Forage
Box
Radiator
Container
Harvest
Defrost
Survive
Fuel Tank
Lay Eggs
Trap Door
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Dispatch
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Outmatch
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