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verb(hatch)to produce young by incubation
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verb(hatch)to emerge from an egg, chrysalis, or pupa
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verb(hatch)to give forth young or imagoes
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verb(hatch)to inlay with narrow bands of distinguishable material
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verb(hatch)to mark (something, such as a drawing or engraving) with fine closely spaced lines
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noun(hatch)a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship)
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noun(hatch)an opening in the deck of a ship or in the floor or roof of a building
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noun(hatch)the covering for such an opening
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noun(hatch)an act or instance of hatching
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noun(hatch)a brood of hatched young
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noun(hatch)line; especially : one used to give the effect of shading
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verb(hatch)to grow fat
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verb(hatch)to feed gluttonously
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verb(hatch)to grow prosperous especially at the expense of another —usually used with on
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verb(hatch)to furnish with battens
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verb(hatch)to fasten with or as if with battens —often used with down
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verb(hatch)to make one secure by or as if by battens
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noun(hatch)a raised framework with a sliding cover over a small hatch on a ship
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noun(hatch)a psychiatric hospital
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noun(hatch)a hatch providing an emergency exit from an enclosed space
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noun(hatch)a means of evading a difficulty, dilemma, or responsibility