hatching
Breaking the shell
Hatching is the emergence of a young animal from an egg, or the act of incubating eggs until they hatch: We watched the hatching of the chicks.
In drawing and engraving, hatching is the technique of shading with closely spaced parallel lines; cross-hatching uses intersecting sets of lines for darker tones.
To hatch a plan is to devise it secretly: They were hatching a scheme to steal the documents.
Intersecting parallel lines for tone
- shadingDepicting light and darkness
- lineworkDrawn strokes in art
- stipplingDot-based shading technique
- etchingAcid-incised metal print
texture · sketching · rendering · penwork · engraving · drafting · illustration · ink
Newly hatched birds
- nestAnimal-built shelter for young
- embryoOrganism before birth
- clutchMechanism linking engine to gearbox
- layingPutting down horizontally
brood · warmth · incubator · breeding · fertility · gestation · nestlings · fledgling
Newly hatched birds
- nestlingsUnfledged young birds
- fledgingAcquiring adult feathers
- birthComing into the world
- pippingNarrowly beating someone
breaking out · cracking · emerging · butterflies · larvae · chrysalis · cocoon · tadpoles
Calculated strategy, often secretive
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
- planDetailed proposal for achieving
- devisingCreating through thought
- plottingDevising a secret plan
concocting · brewing · machination · intrigue · masterminding · scheming · conniving · designing
crosshatching
Intersecting parallel lines for tone
etching · texture · sketching · rendering · penwork · engraving · drafting · illustration · ink · pencil
chicks
Newly hatched birds
- nestAnimal-built shelter for young
- embryoOrganism before birth
- clutchMechanism linking engine to gearbox
laying · brood · warmth · incubator · breeding · fertility · gestation · nestlings · fledgling · oviparous
chicks
Newly hatched birds
pipping · breaking out · cracking · emerging · butterflies · larvae · chrysalis · cocoon · tadpoles · fry
scheme
Calculated strategy, often secretive
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
- planDetailed proposal for achieving
- devisingCreating through thought
plotting · concocting · brewing · machination · intrigue · masterminding · scheming · conniving · designing · strategizing
herringbone
V-shaped diagonal weave
- twillDiagonal-ribbed fabric
- brocadeRaised-pattern luxury fabric
- jacquardElaborate patterned woven textile
warp · weft · damask · tapestry · Panama · hopsack · basketweave · fabric · textile · pattern
- reproductionreproduction, birth, baby, egg, sperm
- animal behaviorsswimming, running, walking, jumping, flying
- bird behaviorsflying, soaring, perching, nesting, migrating
- bird traitsfeathered, plumed, plumage, plumaged, beaky
- Egg thingscracking, egg whites, egg yolks, scrambling, boiling
- life cycleslife cycle, birth, death, growth, metamorphosis
hatchinglaying
Putting down horizontally
egg-laying · incubating · gestation · dying · spawning
- hatching eggs
- egg hatchingOffspring emerging from shell
- hatching a plot
- cross hatchingShading via layered lines
- hatching out