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hăch
/hæt͡ʃ/
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Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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2
noun
Meaning 2
A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Moving the wardrobe revealed a previously hidden hatch in the ground.
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3
noun
Meaning 3
A trapdoor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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4
noun
Meaning 4
An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items. A pass through.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The cook passed the dishes through the serving hatch.
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5
noun
Meaning 5
A small door in large mechanical structures and vehicles such as aircraft and spacecraft often provided for access for maintenance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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6
noun
Meaning 6
An opening through the deck of a ship or submarine
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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7
noun
Meaning 7
A gullet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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8
noun
Meaning 8
A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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9
noun
Meaning 9
A floodgate; a sluice gate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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10
noun
Meaning 10
A bedstead.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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11
noun
Meaning 11
An opening into, or in search of, a mine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, mining
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12
noun
Meaning 12
The act of hatching.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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13
noun
Meaning 13
Development; disclosure; discovery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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14
noun
Meaning 14
A group of birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: poultry
Examples
These pullets are from an April hatch.
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15
noun
Meaning 15
The phenomenon, lasting 1–2 days, of large clouds of mayflies appearing in one location to mate, having reached maturity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: often
Examples
a. 1947, Edward R. Hewitt, quoted in 1947, Charles K. Fox, Redistribution of the Green Drake, 1997, Norm Shires, Jim Gilford (editors), Limestone Legends, page 104, The Willowemoc above Livington Manor had the largest mayfly hatch I ever knew about fifty years ago.
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16
noun
Meaning 16
A birth, the birth records (in the newspaper).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
hatch, match, and dispatch
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17
verb
Meaning 17
To close with a hatch or hatches.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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18
verb
Meaning 18
To emerge from an egg.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
These three chicks hatched yesterday morning.
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19
verb
Meaning 19
To break open when a young animal emerges from it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
She was delighted when she heard the crackling sound of the eggs hatching.
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20
verb
Meaning 20
To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
I'm hatching this mysterious egg I found in the forest.
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21
verb
Meaning 21
To devise (a plot or scheme).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
World domination was only one of the evil schemes he had hatched over the years.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hatch up
Antonyms: none provided
22
verb
Meaning 22
To shade an area of (a drawing, diagram, etc.) with fine parallel lines, or with lines which cross each other (crosshatch).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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23
verb
Meaning 23
To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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24
noun
Meaning 24
a movable barrier covering a hatchway
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: movable barrier
Narrower terms: cargo hatch
25
noun
Meaning 25
shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hatching, crosshatch, hachure
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shading
26
noun
Meaning 26
the production of young from an egg
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: inlay
History
Etymology
English surname from the root of hatch (“gate”).
From Middle English hacche, hache, from Old English hæċ, from Proto-West Germanic *hakkju (compare Dutch hek ‘gate, railing’, Low German Heck ‘pasture gate, farmyard gate’), variant of *haggju ‘hedge’. More at hedge.
From Middle English hacche, hacchen (“to propagate”), from Old English *hæċċan, āhaċċian (“to peck out; hatch”), from Proto-Germanic *hakjaną. Cognate with German hecken ‘to breed, spawn’, Danish hække (“to hatch”), Swedish häcka (“to breed”); akin to Latvian kakale ‘penis’.
From Middle French hacher (“to chop, slice up, incise with fine lines”), from Old French hacher, hachier, from Frankish *hakōn, *hakkōn, from Proto-Germanic *hakkōną (“to chop; hack”). More at hack.
Across languages
Translations
203 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Asturian:
escotilla
— horizontal door
Chinese Mandarin:
艙口 /舱口
(cāngkǒu)
— horizontal door
Dutch:
luik
— horizontal door
Finnish:
luukku
— horizontal door
French:
trappe
— horizontal door
German:
Luke
— horizontal door
Hungarian:
csapóajtó
— horizontal door
Hungarian:
padlásajtó
— horizontal door
Hungarian:
pinceajtó
— horizontal door
Hungarian:
lejáró
— horizontal door
Hungarian:
feljáró
— horizontal door
Hungarian:
átjáró
— horizontal door
Indonesian:
palka
— horizontal door
Irish:
haiste
— horizontal door
Italian:
botola
— horizontal door
Japanese:
ハッチ
(hatchi)
— horizontal door
Māori:
kopani
— horizontal door
Norwegian:
luke
— horizontal door
Pohnpeian:
ahs
— horizontal door
Portuguese:
escotilha
— horizontal door
Romanian:
trapă
— horizontal door
Russian:
люк
(ljuk)
— horizontal door
Russian:
лаз
(laz)
— horizontal door
Spanish:
escotilla
— horizontal door
Spanish:
escotillón
— horizontal door
Swedish:
lucka
— horizontal door
Ukrainian:
люк
(ljuk)
— horizontal door
Bulgarian:
шубер
(šuber)
— opening for serving food
Dutch:
doorgeefluik
— opening for serving food
Finnish:
luukku
— opening for serving food
Finnish:
tarjoiluluukku
— opening for serving food
French:
passe-plat
— opening for serving food
German:
Durchreiche
— opening for serving food
Hungarian:
nyílás
— opening for serving food
Hungarian:
ablak
— opening for serving food
Irish:
haiste
— opening for serving food
Italian:
passavivande
— opening for serving food
Russian:
люк
(ljuk)
— opening for serving food
Spanish:
pasaplatos
— opening for serving food
Swedish:
lucka
— opening for serving food
Swedish:
serveringslucka
— opening for serving food
Ukrainian:
люк
(ljuk)
— opening for serving food
Asturian:
escotilla
— small door provided for access for maintenance
Finnish:
luukku
— small door provided for access for maintenance
Finnish:
huoltoluukku
— small door provided for access for maintenance
French:
trappe
— small door provided for access for maintenance
Irish:
haiste
— small door provided for access for maintenance
Russian:
люк
(ljuk)
— small door provided for access for maintenance
Russian:
лаз
(laz)
— small door provided for access for maintenance
Russian:
лазе́йка
(lazéjka)
— small door provided for access for maintenance
Spanish:
escotilla
— small door provided for access for maintenance
Spanish:
compuerta
— small door provided for access for maintenance
Spanish:
portillo
— small door provided for access for maintenance
Spanish:
aguatocho
— small door provided for access for maintenance
Swedish:
lucka
— small door provided for access for maintenance
Swedish:
underhållslucka
— small door provided for access for maintenance
Ukrainian:
люк
(ljuk)
— small door provided for access for maintenance
Asturian:
chipitéu
— an opening through the deck of a ship or submarine
Bulgarian:
люк
(ljuk)
— an opening through the deck of a ship or submarine
Finnish:
luukku
— an opening through the deck of a ship or submarine
French:
écoutille
— an opening through the deck of a ship or submarine
Hungarian:
zsilipkapu
— an opening through the deck of a ship or submarine
Irish:
haiste
— an opening through the deck of a ship or submarine
Italian:
osteriggio
— an opening through the deck of a ship or submarine
Norman:
êcoutil'ye
— an opening through the deck of a ship or submarine
Pohnpeian:
ahs
— an opening through the deck of a ship or submarine
Russian:
шлюз
(šljuz)
— an opening through the deck of a ship or submarine
Spanish:
escotilla
— an opening through the deck of a ship or submarine
Hungarian:
költés
— the act of hatching
Hungarian:
kiköltés
— the act of hatching
Hungarian:
kikelés
— the act of hatching
Bulgarian:
люпило
(ljupilo)
— birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time
Finnish:
haudontaerä
— birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time
Finnish:
pesue
— birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time
French:
couvée
— birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time
Hungarian:
fészekalja
— birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time
Italian:
schiusa
— birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time
Italian:
covata
— birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time
Russian:
вы́водок
(vývodok)
— birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time
Finnish:
parveilu
— phenomenon related to insects' mating
Assamese:
ফুটা
(phuta)
— to emerge from an egg
Bulgarian:
излюпвам се
(izljupvam se)
— to emerge from an egg
Cebuano:
pusa
— to emerge from an egg
Cherokee:
ᎠᏣᎢᎠ
(atsaia)
— to emerge from an egg
Chinese Mandarin:
孵化
(fūhuà)
— to emerge from an egg
Chinese Mandarin:
孵出
(fūchū)
— to emerge from an egg
Czech:
vyklubat se
— to emerge from an egg
Czech:
vylíhnout se
— to emerge from an egg
Dutch:
uit het ei komen
— to emerge from an egg
Finnish:
kuoriutua
— to emerge from an egg
French:
éclore
— to emerge from an egg
French:
naître
— to emerge from an egg
French:
sortir de l'œuf
— to emerge from an egg
Georgian:
იჩეკება
(ičeḳeba)
— to emerge from an egg
Georgian:
გამოჩეკვა
(gamočeḳva)
— to emerge from an egg
German:
schlüpfen
— to emerge from an egg
German:
schlüüfe
— to emerge from an egg
Hungarian:
kikel
— to emerge from an egg
Italian:
schiudersi
— to emerge from an egg
Japanese:
孵化する
(fuka suru)
— to emerge from an egg
Japanese:
孵る
(kaeru)
— to emerge from an egg
Khmer:
ញាស់
(ñŏəh)
— to emerge from an egg
Korean:
부화(孵化)하다
(buhwahada)
— to emerge from an egg
Maltese:
faqqas
— to emerge from an egg
Norwegian:
klekke
— to emerge from an egg
Portuguese:
eclodir
— to emerge from an egg
Romanian:
ieși din ou
— to emerge from an egg
Romanian:
ecloza
— to emerge from an egg
Russian:
вылупля́ться
(vylupljátʹsja)
— to emerge from an egg
Russian:
вы́лупиться
(výlupitʹsja)
— to emerge from an egg
Slovak:
vyliahnuť sa
— to emerge from an egg
Slovak:
liahnuť sa
— to emerge from an egg
Slovene:
izleči se
— to emerge from an egg
Slovene:
izvaliti se
— to emerge from an egg
Spanish:
eclosionar
— to emerge from an egg
Swedish:
kläcka
— to emerge from an egg
Ukrainian:
вилу́плюватися
(vylúpljuvatysja)
— to emerge from an egg
Ukrainian:
ви́лупитися
(výlupytysja)
— to emerge from an egg
Vietnamese:
nở
— to emerge from an egg
Assamese:
ফুটা
(phuta)
— of an egg, to break open
Cebuano:
pusa
— of an egg, to break open
Chinese Mandarin:
孵化
(fūhuà)
— of an egg, to break open
Chinese Mandarin:
孵出
(fūchū)
— of an egg, to break open
Dutch:
uitkomen
— of an egg, to break open
Finnish:
kuoriutua
— of an egg, to break open
Finnish:
aueta
— of an egg, to break open
French:
éclore
— of an egg, to break open
German:
ausschlüpfen
— of an egg, to break open
Hungarian:
kinyílik
— of an egg, to break open
Italian:
scoppiare
— of an egg, to break open
Italian:
schiudersi
— of an egg, to break open
Japanese:
孵化する
(fuka suru)
— of an egg, to break open
Japanese:
孵る
(kaeru)
— of an egg, to break open
Korean:
부화(孵化)하다
(buhwahada)
— of an egg, to break open
Lithuanian:
kaltis
— of an egg, to break open
Lithuanian:
ristis
— of an egg, to break open
Māori:
pao
— of an egg, to break open
Polish:
lęgnąć się
— of an egg, to break open
Polish:
wykluwać się
— of an egg, to break open
Polish:
wykluć się
— of an egg, to break open
Portuguese:
eclodir
— of an egg, to break open
Russian:
ло́паться
(lópatʹsja)
— of an egg, to break open
Russian:
ло́пнуть
(lópnutʹ)
— of an egg, to break open
Spanish:
eclosionar
— of an egg, to break open
Vietnamese:
nở
— of an egg, to break open
Arabic:
حَضَنَ
(ḥaḍana)
— to incubate eggs
Armenian:
թուխս նստել
(tʻuxs nstel)
— to incubate eggs
Old Armenian:
թխեմ
(tʻxem)
— to incubate eggs
Bulgarian:
излюпвам
(izljupvam)
— to incubate eggs
Cebuano:
lumlom
— to incubate eggs
Chinese Mandarin:
孵化
(fūhuà)
— to incubate eggs
Czech:
vysedět
— to incubate eggs
Dutch:
een ei bevruchten
— to incubate eggs
Dutch:
uitbroeden
— to incubate eggs
Finnish:
hautoa
— to incubate eggs
French:
faire éclore
— to incubate eggs
Friulian:
clucî
— to incubate eggs
German:
brüten
— to incubate eggs
German:
ausbrüten
— to incubate eggs
Hungarian:
költ
— to incubate eggs
Hungarian:
kikölt
— to incubate eggs
Hungarian:
keltet
— to incubate eggs
Italian:
incubare
— to incubate eggs
Italian:
covare
— to incubate eggs
Japanese:
孵化する
(fuka suru)
— to incubate eggs
Japanese:
孵す
(kaesu)
— to incubate eggs
Korean:
부화(孵化)하다
(buhwahada)
— to incubate eggs
Portuguese:
chocar
— to incubate eggs
Romanian:
cloci
— to incubate eggs
Russian:
выси́живать
(vysíživatʹ)
— to incubate eggs
Russian:
вы́сидеть
(výsidetʹ)
— to incubate eggs
Russian:
выводи́ть
(vyvodítʹ)
— to incubate eggs
Russian:
вы́вести
(vývesti)
— to incubate eggs
Scots:
clock
— to incubate eggs
Scottish Gaelic:
guir
— to incubate eggs
Spanish:
empollar
— to incubate eggs
Spanish:
enclocar
— to incubate eggs
Spanish:
aclocar
— to incubate eggs
Spanish:
encluecar
— to incubate eggs
Spanish:
encloquecer
— to incubate eggs
Spanish:
encoclar
— to incubate eggs
Spanish:
enllocar
— to incubate eggs
Thai:
ฟัก
(fák)
— to incubate eggs
Bulgarian:
измъдрям
(izmǎdrjam)
— to devise
Czech:
zosnovat
— to devise
Dutch:
op een ei broeden
— to devise
Finnish:
hautoa
— to devise
German:
ausbrüten
— to devise
German:
hecken
— to devise
Hungarian:
kieszel
— to devise
Hungarian:
kiötöl
— to devise
Hungarian:
forral
— to devise
Italian:
tramare
— to devise
Italian:
complottare
— to devise
Portuguese:
tramar
— to devise
Romanian:
urzi
— to devise
Russian:
разраба́тывать
(razrabátyvatʹ)
— to devise