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hatching

/ˈhæt͡ʃɪŋ/

hatching noun: a method of shading areas of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines. Also the present participle and gerund of hatch.

Noun

hatching (countable and uncountable, plural hatchings)

  1. (drawing) A method of shading areas of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines.
  2. A 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. The act of an egg hatching, eclosion.
  4. Patterns used in construction drawings to represent various materials.

Also used as

hatching is also the present participle and gerund of hatch.

hatching meaning in Tamil, Odia and Nepali

hatching in Tamil

குஞ்சு பொரிப்பது

hatching in Odia

ହ୍ଯ଼ାଚିଙ୍ଗ, ହ୍ଯ଼ାଚିଙ୍ଗ୍, ହଚିଙ୍ଗ

hatching in Nepali

हचिङ, हचिङ गर्ने, हचिङ गर्दै

Examples of hatching in a sentence

  • She was delighted when she heard the crackling sound of the eggs hatching.
  • On hatching, the chicks scramble to the surface and head bush on their own.
  • I'm hatching this mysterious egg I found in the forest.

All 18 example sentences with hatching

Forms of hatching

pluralhatchings

Plural of hatching: hatchings

Words formed from hatching

Phrases with hatching

Questions about hatching

What does hatching mean?
Hatching means a method of shading areas of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines.
What is hatching in Tamil?
Hatching in Tamil is குஞ்சு பொரிப்பது. See Hatching meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hatching?
Hatching is a noun.
How do you pronounce hatching?
Hatching is pronounced /ˈhæt͡ʃɪŋ/.
What is the plural of hatching?
The plural of hatching is hatchings.

Words near hatching in the dictionary

  1. hatchettite
  2. Hatchetts
  3. hatchety
  4. hatchie
  5. hatchies
  6. hatching
  7. hatching out
  8. hatching up
  9. hatching, matching, and dispatching
  10. hatchings
  11. hatchite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hatching (page history and authors); hatching (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hatching (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hatching (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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