To close with a hatch or hatches.
(of young animals) to emerge from an egg.
(of eggs) to break open when a young animal emerges from it.
To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.
To devise.
To shade an area of (a drawing, diagram, etc.) with fine parallel lines, or with lines which cross each other (cross-hatch).
To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep.