[{"word":"hatching","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To close with a hatch or hatches.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"(of young animals) To emerge from an egg.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(of eggs) To break open when a young animal emerges from it.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To devise.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To shade an area of (a drawing, diagram, etc.) with fine parallel lines, or with lines which cross each other (cross-hatch).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A method of shading areas of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A group of birds, reptiles, fish, insects, etc., which emerge from their eggs at the same time.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"We got a good hatching from the swallowtail eggs."},{"definition":"The act of an egg hatching, eclosion","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hatch","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hatching"]}]