Hatching
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A method of shading areas of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines. A group of birds, reptiles, fish, insects, etc., which emerge from their eggs at the same time.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To close with a hatch or hatches.
Hatch
Part of speech: verb
Definition: (of young animals) To emerge from an egg.(of eggs) To break open when a young animal emerges from it.To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.To devise. (hatch a plan)To shade an area of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines, particularly with lines which cross each other: cross-hatch.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: 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 small door in large mechanical structures and vehicles such as aircraft and spacecraft often provided for access for maintenance.A narrow passageway between the decks of a ship or submarine.A gullet.A group of birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time.(Often as Mayfly hatch) The phenomenon, lasting 1-2 days, of large clouds of mayflies appearing in one location (to mate, having reached maturity).As in the phrase "hatched, matched, and dispatched." A birth, the birth records (in the newspaper).
Example sentence: So, when I say 'match the hatch', if the fish are taking the nymph, and you're actually producing a replica of a flying insect, you'll catch fresh air.