hatches

We have found lemma(root) word of hatches : hatch.

Definitions


[hatʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a small opening in a floor, wall, or roof allowing access from one area to another
(e.g: a cargo hatch)


Phrases:
- down the hatch
- under the hatches

Origin:
Old English hæcc (denoting the lower half of a divided door), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hek ‘paling, screen’


[hatʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of an egg) open and produce a young animal
(e.g: eggs need to be put in a warm place to hatch)

- conspire to devise (a plot or plan)
(e.g: the little plot that you and Sylvia hatched up last night)


Phrases:
- hatches, matches, and dispatches

Origin:
Middle English hacche; related to Swedish häcka and Danish hække


[hatʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a newly hatched brood
(e.g: a hatch of mayflies)


Phrases:
- hatches, matches, and dispatches

Origin:
Middle English hacche; related to Swedish häcka and Danish hække


[hatʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (in fine art and technical drawing) shade (an area) with closely drawn parallel lines
(e.g: the unused space has been hatched with lines)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 15th century (in the sense ‘inlay with strips of metal’): from Old French hacher, from hache (see hatchet)




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