hatching

H4A1T1C3H4I1N1G2
/ˈhæt͡ʃɪŋ/

noun

A method of shading areas of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines.

“We got a good hatching from the swallowtail eggs.”

Less commonScrabble 17

Meanings

nounhatching (countable and uncountable, plural hatchings)

plural hatchings

  1. countableuncountabledrawingartA method of shading areas of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines.
  2. countableuncountablebiologyA group of birds, reptiles, fish, insects, etc., which emerge from their eggs at the same time.

    We got a good hatching from the swallowtail eggs.

  3. countableuncountablebiologyThe act of an egg hatching, eclosion.
  4. countableuncountablePatterns used in construction drawings to represent various materials.
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of hatch

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe production of young from an egg

Similar

nounshading consisting of multiple crossing lines

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian щриховка, люпило
  • щриховка (štrihovka)method of shading
  • люпило (ljupilo)group which emerge from eggs at the same time
  • мътене (mătene)act of egg hatching
  • излюпване (izljupvane)act of egg hatching
Czech šrafování, líhnutí
  • šrafovánímethod of shading
  • líhnutíact of egg hatching
  • vylíhnutíact of egg hatching
Dutch arcering
  • arceringmethod of shading
Finnish viivoitus, pesue
  • viivoitusmethod of shading
  • pesuegroup which emerge from eggs at the same time
  • haudontaerägroup which emerge from eggs at the same time
  • kuoriutuminenact of egg hatching
German Schraffur, Schraffierung
  • Schraffurmethod of shading
  • Schraffierungmethod of shading
  • Strichelungmethod of shading
  • Schattierungmethod of shading
  • Schlupfgroup which emerge from eggs at the same time
  • Schlüpfenact of egg hatching
Italian tratteggio, covata
  • tratteggiomethod of shading
  • covatagroup which emerge from eggs at the same time
  • schiusaact of egg hatching
Japanese ハッチング, 網掛け
  • ハッチング (hatchingu)method of shading
  • 網掛け (ami kake)method of shading
Māori kauruku whakarārangi
  • kauruku whakarārangimethod of shading
Swedish skraffering, kläckning
  • skrafferingmethod of shading
  • kläckningact of egg hatching
Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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