'Hatching' definitions:

Definition of 'hatching'

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]

Definition of 'Hatching'

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 'Hatching'

From: GCIDE
  • Hatching \Hatch"ing\, n. [See 1st Hatch.] 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. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'hatching'

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