hatching

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Noun

hatching (countable and uncountable, plural hatchings)

  1. 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.

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hatching

  1. present participle and gerund of hatch
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