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Synonyms
hatch1 (hăch)

[Middle English, small door, from Old English hæc, hæcc.]

noun 

    1. An opening, as in the deck of a ship, in the roof or floor of a building, or in an aircraft.
    2. The cover for such an opening.
    3. A hatchway.
    4. Nautical A ship's compartment.
  2. The hinged rear door of a hatchback.
  3. A floodgate.

idioms

down the hatch
Drink up. Often used as a toast.
hatch2 (hăch)

[Middle English hacchen, from Old English* hæccan.]

verb: hatched, hatch·ing, hatch·es. 

intransitive verb 

To emerge from or break out of an egg.

transitive verb 

  1. To produce (young) from an egg.
  2. To cause (an egg or eggs) to produce young.
  3. To devise or originate, especially in secret: hatch an assassination plot.

noun 

  1. The act or an instance of hatching.
  2. The young hatched at one time; a brood.

derivatives

hatch́er
noun
hatch3 (hăch)

[Middle English hachen, to engrave, carve, from Old French hacher, hachier, to crosshatch, cut up; see hash1.]

transitive verb: hatched, hatch·ing, hatch·es. 

To shade by drawing or etching fine parallel or crossed lines on.

noun 

A fine line used in hatching.