Noun

• S: (n) hatch, hatching (the production of young from an egg)
• S: (n) hatch, hatching, crosshatch, hachure (shading consisting of multiple crossing lines)

Verb

• S: (v) hatch (emerge from the eggs) "young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch"
• S: (v) think up, think of, dream up, hatch, concoct (devise or invent) "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"
• S: (v) hatch (inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating)
• S: (v) hatch (draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper) "hatch the sheet"
• S: (v) brood, hatch, cover, incubate (sit on (eggs)) "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs"