hatching

Meanings

Noun

• the production of young from an egg
• shading consisting of multiple crossing lines

Verb

• emerge from the eggs
• devise or invent
• inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating
• draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper
• sit on (eggs)

Synonyms

brood, concoct, cover, crosshatch, dream up, hachure, hatch, incubate, think of, think up