(US politics, colloquial) Fired from one's job for violating the Hatch Act of 1939, which prohibits civil-service employees in the executive branch of the federal government from engaging in certain political activities.

(transitive) To shade an area of (a drawing, diagram, etc.) with fine parallel lines, or with lines which cross each other (cross-hatch). / (transitive, obsolete) To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep.

The act of hatching. / (figuratively) Development; disclosure; discovery. / (poultry) A group of birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time.

A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling. / A trapdoor. / An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items. A pass through.

(transitive) To close with a hatch or hatches.

(intransitive, of young animals) To emerge from an egg. / (intransitive, of eggs) To break open when a young animal emerges from it. / (transitive) To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.

plural of hatch

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hatch

simple past tense and past participle of hatch

A surname.