Meaning of hatch | Babel Free

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1. Drink up. Often used as a toast.
2. To shade by drawing or etching fine parallel or crossed lines on.
3. A fine line used in hatching.
4. down the hatch, (used as a toast.)
5. (the door or cover of) an opening in a wall, floor, ship's deck etc. There are two hatches between the kitchen and dining-room for serving food. luik; skeepsluik فَتْحَة في حائِط بين غُرْفَتَيْن отвор portinhola servírovací okénko die Durchreiche luge; lem άνοιγμαventanilla luuk دريچه luukku passe-plats אֶשנָב הַגָשָה तल में बना द्वार, विपाट द्वार otvor, vratašca lejáró; tálalóablak pintu op, lúga, dyr portello, mezza porta* 連絡口 (배의 갑판에 있는) 해치, 창구(艙口) anga, liukas lūka hac luikluke, lemotwór,...
   etc
6. an opening, especially in a ship's deck. luikgat فتْحَة في سَطْح السَّفينَه стълбище от палубата escotilha palubní jícen die Luke luge καταπακτήescotilla laevaluuk دریچه kulkuaukko écoutille כַּוָוה विपाट मार्ग grotlo (palubni otvor za krcanje) lejáró (hajón) lubang palka lestarop, lúgugat boccaporto 昇降口 (갑판의) 승강구 liukas lūka lubang hac luikluke, lemluk كړكۍ ( د بيړۍ په غولى يا بام كى چه د ماتو د كښته پورته دپاره وى escotilha tambuchi люк palubný otvor odprtina (v ladijskem krovu) šuber skepp...
   especially
7. An opening, as in the deck of a ship, in the roof or floor of a building, or in an aircraft.
8. A door that opens upward on the rear of an automobile; a hatchback.
9. A floodgate.
10. To emerge from an egg or other structure that surrounds and protects an embryo.

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