Hatching

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Fine lines used in graphic arts to show shading.
  • n. The process of decorating with such lines.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A method of shading areas of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines.
  • n. A group of birds, reptiles, fish, insects, etc., which emerge from their eggs at the same time.
  • n. The act of an egg hatching, eclosion
  • v. Present participle of hatch.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In drawing, engraving, etc., the art of disposing lines, especially parallel lines, whether curved, straight, or wavy, so as to give the effect of shading, according to the shape and character of the object represented.
  • n. A line made for this purpose, or such lines collectively.
  • n. Also hachure, hatchure.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the production of young from an egg
  • n. shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    giving birth    birth    parturition    birthing    shading   
    Variant
    crosshatching   
    Verb Stem
    hatch   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    attaching    catching    dispatching    latching    matching   
     
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