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Hatching

Hatching Meaning & Definition
Hatching Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hatching?

[n] shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
[n] the production of young from an egg
[adj] good at incubating eggs especially a fowl kept for that purpose; "a brood hen"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hatching: brood | brooding | crosshatch | hachure | hatch | hatch | oviparous

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See Also | birth | birthing | giving birth | parturition | shading

Hatching In Webster's Dictionary

\Hatch"ing\, n. [See 1st {Hatch}.] A mode of execution in engraving, drawing, and miniature painting, in which shading is produced by lines crossing each other at angles more or less acute; -- called also {crosshatching}.

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