hatching

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A method of shading areas of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines.
2. (countable, uncountable)A group of birds, reptiles, fish, insects, etc., which emerge from their eggs at the same time.

   “We got a good hatching from the swallowtail eggs.”

3. (countable, uncountable)The act of an egg hatching, eclosion.
4. (countable, uncountable)Patterns used in construction drawings to represent various materials.

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of hatch