1. Emerged from an egg
   "The newly hatched chicks chirped loudly"
    
2. Shaded by means of fine parallel or crossed lines
   "The artist used a hatched technique to add depth to the drawing";
   - crosshatched

1. Emerge from the egg
   "young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch"
    
2. Sit on (eggs)
   "The hen hatched the eggs for three weeks";
   - brood, cover, incubate
    
3. Devise or invent
   "He hatched a plan to get rich quickly";
   - think up, think of, dream up, concoct, hit on
    
4. Draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper
   "hatch the sheet"
    
5. Inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating
   "The jeweller hatched the watch face with gold lines"

See also: born, shaded

Type of: be born, create by mental act, create mentally, inlay, line, multiply, procreate, reproduce

Encyclopedia: Hatched