bɹuːd kənˈkɒkt ˈkʌvɚ ˈkʌvə hæʃˈjʊə hæˈʃʊɹ ˈɪŋkjʊbeɪt sit on (eggs) Birds brood The female covers the eggs emerge from the eggs young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper hatch the sheet devise or invent He thought up a plan to get rich quickly no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating a movable barrier covering a hatchway a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open shading consisting of multiple crossing lines the production of young from an egg