'Hatch' definitions:

Definition of 'hatch'

(from WordNet)
noun
The production of young from an egg [syn: hatch, hatching]
noun
Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines [syn: hatch, hatching, crosshatch, hachure]
noun
A movable barrier covering a hatchway
verb
Emerge from the eggs; "young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch"
verb
Devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software" [syn: think up, think of, dream up, hatch, concoct]
verb
Inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating
verb
Draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper; "hatch the sheet"
verb
Sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs" [syn: brood, hatch, cover, incubate]

Definition of 'Hatch'

From: GCIDE
  • Hatch \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]

Definition of 'Hatch'

From: GCIDE
  • Hatch \Hatch\ (h[a^]ch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hatched (h[a^]cht); p. pr. & vb. n. Hatching.] [F. hacher to chop, hack. See Hash.]
  • 1. To cross with lines in a peculiar manner in drawing and engraving. See Hatching. [1913 Webster]
  • Shall win this sword, silvered and hatched. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
  • Those hatching strokes of the pencil. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • His weapon hatched in blood. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Hatch'

From: GCIDE
  • Hatch \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. [root]12.]
  • 1. 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. --Jer. xvii. 11. [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. --Robynson (More's Utopia). [1913 Webster]
  • 2. 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. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Hatch'

From: GCIDE
  • Hatch \Hatch\, n.
  • 1. The act of hatching. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Development; disclosure; discovery. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The chickens produced at once or by one incubation; a brood. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Hatch'

From: GCIDE
  • Hatch \Hatch\, n. [OE. hacche, AS. h[ae]c, cf. haca the bar of a door, D. hek gate, Sw. h[aum]ck 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.]
  • 1. 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. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A flood gate; a sluice gate. --Ainsworth. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A bedstead. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. 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]
  • 6. (Mining) An opening into, or in search of, a mine. [1913 Webster]
  • Booby hatch, Buttery hatch, Companion hatch, etc. See under Booby, Buttery, etc.
  • To batten down the hatches (Naut.), to lay tarpaulins over them, and secure them with battens.
  • To be under hatches, to be confined below in a vessel; to be under arrest, or in slavery, distress, etc. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Hatch'

From: GCIDE
  • Hatch \Hatch\, v. t. To close with a hatch or hatches. [1913 Webster]
  • 'T were not amiss to keep our door hatched. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'hatch'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Hatch, NM -- U.S. village in New Mexico

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Hatch, NM -- U.S. village in New Mexico
Population (2000) :
1673
Housing Units (2000) :
635
Land area (2000) :
3.097088 sq. miles (8.021422 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
3.097088 sq. miles (8.021422 sq. km)
FIPS code :
31820
Located within :
New Mexico (NM), FIPS 35
Location :
32.664919 N, 107.158668 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
87937
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Hatch, UT -- U.S. town in Utah

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Hatch, UT -- U.S. town in Utah
Population (2000) :
127
Housing Units (2000) :
81
Land area (2000) :
0.269264 sq. miles (0.697390 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.269264 sq. miles (0.697390 sq. km)
FIPS code :
33760
Located within :
Utah (UT), FIPS 49
Location :
37.650711 N, 112.435460 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.