1. hatch - Noun
2. hatch - Verb
3. Hatch - Proper noun
To cross with lines in a peculiar manner in drawing and engraving. See Hatching.
To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep.
To produce, as young, from an egg or eggs by incubation, or by artificial heat; to produce young from (eggs); as, the young when hatched.
To contrive or plot; to form by meditation, and bring into being; to originate and produce; to concoct; as, to hatch mischief; to hatch heresy.
To produce young; -- said of eggs; to come forth from the egg; -- said of the young of birds, fishes, insects, etc.
Development; disclosure; discovery.
The chickens produced at once or by one incubation; a brood.
A door with an opening over it; a half door, sometimes set with spikes on the upper edge.
A flood gate; a a sluice gate.
A bedstead.
An opening in the deck of a vessel or floor of a warehouse which serves as a passageway or hoistway; a hatchway; also; a cover or door, or one of the covers used in closing such an opening.
An opening into, or in search of, a mine.
To close with a hatch or hatches.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent, so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without too much apparent loss of face. Sydney J. Harris
Orrin Hatch was the keynote speaker at the last meeting of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. He sought me out because he was a fan. I was thinking he had confused me with someone else. Ted Rall
Things every person should have: •A nemesis. •An evil twin. •A secret headquarters. •An escape hatch. •A partner in crime. •A secret identity. Wil Wheaton
It is good to have a hatch before the door. English Proverb
Let every bird hatch its own eggs. Manx Proverb
The egg shows the hen where to hatch. African Proverb