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hatching

The correct spelling is hatching.

How to pronounce hatching

verb

Say it like: Hac-hin-g

The correct spelling is hatching. To close with a hatch or hatches. For example: "We got a good hatching from the swallowtail eggs."

Usage Examples

We got a good hatching from the swallowtail eggs.

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To close with a hatch or hatches.
  2. 2.(of young animals) To emerge from an egg.
  3. 3.(of eggs) To break open when a young animal emerges from it.
  4. 4.To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.
  5. 5.To devise.

noun

  1. 1.A method of shading areas of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines.
  2. 2.A group of birds, reptiles, fish, insects, etc., which emerge from their eggs at the same time.
  3. 3.The act of an egg hatching, eclosion

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