hatching
/ˈhætʃɪŋ/
noun
- The process of young animals coming out of their eggs.
- The hatching of the turtle eggs happened at night on the beach.
- Spring is the season for the hatching of many bird species.
- We watched the hatching of the chicks in the incubator.
- A pattern of closely spaced parallel lines used in drawing or engraving to create shading or texture.
- The map used hatching to indicate forested areas.
- Hatching in the drawing showed where the shadows fell.
- The artist used cross-hatching to add depth to the sketch.
adjective
- Related to or involved in the process of emerging from an egg.
- We set up a camera to record the hatching event.
- The hatching chicks peeped loudly in the nest.
- The hatching season for these frogs lasts only a few days.