1. hatching - Noun
2. hatching - Verb
of Hatch
A mode of execution in engraving, drawing, and miniature painting, in which shading is produced by lines crossing each other at angles more or less acute; -- called also crosshatching.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAfter hatching, the hen fiercely guards the chicks, and will brood them when necessary to keep them warm, at first often returning to the nest at night. Source: Internet
Aditya Roy Kapur and Sanya Malhotra are hatching a plan. Source: Internet
"Ah, the jolly evenings I spent with my fellow authors hatching out new plots, new, unheard of perversions of truth and logic, each trying to outdo the other in organized mystification. Source: Internet
After hatching, the free-swimming embryo spends about a week absorbing a relatively small amount of yolk. Source: Internet
Another widespread trait among modern birds is parental care for young after hatching. Source: Internet
As an animal lover, he usually lets the families have their privacy, but the covered area over his porch made this most recent hatching the perfect opportunity to install a camera. Source: Internet