hatching

A drawing technique using parallel lines to create tone or shading.

"The artist used hatching for depth."

In the process of emerging from an egg or secretly devising a plan.

"The eggs are hatching in the incubator."

The secret devising or formation of a plan or scheme.

"The hatching of their plot was discovered."

The process of a young animal emerging from an egg or cocoon.

"We observed the chick's hatching."