hatch
Emerge from shell
Hatch has two main clusters of meaning.
One involves emerging from an egg—birds hatch, eggs hatch, schemes hatch when they finally come together: They hatched a plan to escape.
The other involves an opening or covering: a ship's hatch, an escape hatch, a hatchback car.
To hatch in drawing is to shade with fine parallel lines; crosshatching uses intersecting lines.
Young bird, especially poultry
- fledglingInexperienced newcomer
- emergeCome out into view
- break outTo suddenly emerge or escape
- pipFruit seed or dot
crack · shell · birth · newborn · offspring · brood · clutch · spawn
Reproductive cell in shell
- nestAnimal-built shelter for young
- broodHatchlings as a group
- incubatorControlled warming enclosure
- warmthHeat you feel
embryo · fertilization · gestation · sitting · brooding · clutch · maternal · nurture
Calculated strategy, often secretive
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
- deviseCreate through ingenuity
- concoctInvent or devise
- contriveCreate through artifice
plan · machination · intrigue · stratagem · formulate · mastermind · orchestrate · engineer
chick
Young bird, especially poultry
pip · crack · shell · birth · newborn · offspring · brood · clutch · spawn · larva
egg
Reproductive cell in shell
warmth · embryo · fertilization · gestation · sitting · brooding · clutch · maternal · nurture · hen
scheme
Calculated strategy, often secretive
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
- deviseCreate through ingenuity
- concoctInvent or devise
contrive · plan · machination · intrigue · stratagem · formulate · mastermind · orchestrate · engineer · conceive
crosshatch
Intersecting line pattern
- linesStrokes connecting two points
- etchingAcid-incised metal print
- engravingCarving into hard surfaces
stippling · texture · parallel · diagonal · drafting · illustration · sketch · pen · ink · technique
door
Hinged room barrier
- trapdoorHinged floor panel
- deckShip's flat surface
- compartmentEnclosed subdivision of space
submarine · ship · aircraft · cargo · escape · bulkhead · portal · manhole · access · cellar
- reproductionreproduction, birth, baby, egg, sperm
- atticrafters, attic room, joists, eaves, exposed beams
- printmakingprints, print, printing, woodcuts, woodcut
- submarinessub, subs, torpedo, submarines, hull
- Tank warfaretank, tanks, main battle tank, MBT, heavy tank
- animal reproductionmating, give birth, fertilization, copulation, spawning
- battened down the hatchesSecured against coming danger
- down the hatchCasual drinking toast
- escape hatchEmergency exit opening
- fish hatcheryBreeding facility for aquatic species
- escape hatchesBuilt-in emergency egresses
- batten down the hatchesSecure against coming danger
hatched, hatching, hatches, hatchling, hatchback, hatchery, hatchway, hatchlings, hatcheries