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Definition of hatching : 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.

Synonyms:

crosshatch, brooding, hachure, hatch, oviparous, brood

original, nativity, dawned, birthing, derivation, primeval, nascent, conception, start, forming, primal, first, incipient, germinal, embarking, introduction, initiating, cradle, precursory, dawning, preparing, germinating, fetal, babyhood, alpha, embryonic, stem, stemming, conceiving, Genesis, maiden, source, foremost, introducing, earliness, springing, preparatory, infant, commencing, creating, budding, sprout, prelude, developing, preparation, creation, infancy, inaugural, initializing, originating, newborn, origin, sprouting, spring, preliminary, formative, introductory, undertaking, beginning, inauguration, infantile, dawn, baby, emergence, early, emerging, aboriginal, starting, inaugurating, initial, inducting, primordial, birth, nascency, inception, commencement, embryo, precursor, new

instituting, generating, producing, inventing

Usage examples:

• Under pretence of forming an alliance with the Argives, he is hatching a plot with the Lacedaemonians there; and I know why the bellows are blowing and the metal that is on the anvil; 'tis the question of the prisoners. - "The Eleven Comedies", Aristophanes et al.
• A record, with dates, should be kept, and the following topics are suggested for observation: Where the nest is located, protection of the nest, part of building done by each bird; eggs, number, colour, size, time required for hatching; young birds, number, description, how fed and upon what foods, time required before ready to leave the nest; history for a time after leaving the nest. - "Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study", Ontario Ministry of Education.
• The time of laying and hatching of eggs, the number from a single female, the character of the eggs, general habits, records of parasites and their mode of attack- all should be entered as observed. - "Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects", C. V. Riley.