hatch

1. v. t. To cross with lines in a peculiar manner in drawing and engraving. See Hatching. Source: opted

2. v. t. To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep. Source: opted

3. v. t. 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. Source: opted

4. v. t. 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. Source: opted

5. v. i. To produce young; -- said of eggs; to come forth from the egg; -- said of the young of birds, fishes, insects, etc. Source: opted

6. n. The act of hatching. Source: opted

7. n. Development; disclosure; discovery. Source: opted

8. n. The chickens produced at once or by one incubation; a brood. Source: opted

9. n. A door with an opening over it; a half door, sometimes set with spikes on the upper edge. Source: opted

10. n. A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish. Source: opted

11. n. A flood gate; a a sluice gate. Source: opted

12. n. A bedstead. Source: opted

13. n. 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. Source: opted

14. n. An opening into, or in search of, a mine. Source: opted

15. v. t. To close with a hatch or hatches. Source: opted

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