hatch
A horizontal door in a floor or ceilingA horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.
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» Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.
Man soll den Tag nicht vor dem Abend loben. — al_ex_an_der
Verteile das Fell des Bären nicht, ehe er erlegt ist. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Man soll das Fell des Bären nicht verteilen, bevor er erlegt ist. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Schrei nicht juchhe, bis du über den Zaun bist! — Esperantostern
Цыплят по осени считают. — salikh
Не хвали дня до вечора. — hectorvk
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
15 sensesA horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.
Moving the wardrobe revealed a previously hidden hatch in the ground.
Luke
люкljuk, лазlaz
люкljuk
A trapdoor.
An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items. A pass through.
The cook passed the dishes through the serving hatch.
Durchreiche
люкljuk
люкljuk
A small door in large mechanical structures and vehicles such as aircraft and spacecraft often provided for access for maintenance.
люкljuk, лазlaz, лазе́йкаlazéjka
люкljuk
An opening through the deck of a ship or submarine
шлюзšljuz
(slang)A gullet.
A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.
A floodgate; a sluice gate.
(Scotland)A bedstead.
An opening into, or in search of, a mine.
The act of hatching.
(figuratively)Development; disclosure; discovery.
- a movable barrier covering a hatchway
- shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
- the production of young from an egg
- a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open
Examples
104 sentencesDon't count your chickens before they're hatched.
Не хвали дня до вечора. — hectorvk
ruЦыплят по осени считают. — salikh
deMan soll den Tag nicht vor dem Abend loben. — al_ex_an_der
Tom tried to open the hatch.
The eggs are starting to hatch.
Tom helped me open the hatch.
We wondered if the eggs would hatch.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English hacche, hache, from Old English hæċ, from Proto-West Germanic *hakkjuFrom Middle English hacche, hache, from Old English hæċ, from Proto-West Germanic *hakkju (compare Dutch hek ‘gate, railing’, Low German Heck ‘pasture gate, farmyard gate’), variant of *haggju ‘hedge’. More at hedge.
From Middle English hacche, hacchen (“to propagate”), from Old English *hæċċan, āhaċċian (“to peck out; hatch”), from Proto-Germanic *hakjaną.
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plural: hatchesSynonyms
6 synonymsWord family
15 related wordsSee also
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