hatching
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Noun[edit]
hatching (countable and uncountable, plural hatchings)
- A method of shading areas of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines.
- 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.
- The act of an egg hatching, eclosion
- Patterns used in construction drawings to represent various materials.
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method of shading
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group which emerge from eggs at the same time
act of egg hatching
Verb[edit]
hatching
- present participle and gerund of hatch