Synonyms of the word

crosshatch

• n. A pattern of crossing lines.
• v. To mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern.

hachure

• n. (cartography, chiefly historical) A line on a map indicating the steepness of a slope.
• v. To mark a map with hachures.

hatch

• n. A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.
• n. A trapdoor.
• n. An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items. A pass through.
• n. A small door in large mechanical structures and vehicles such as aircraft and spacecraft often provided…
• n. An opening through the deck of a ship or submarine.
• n. (slang) A gullet.
• n. A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.
• n. A floodgate; a sluice gate.
• n. (Scotland) A bedstead.
• n. (mining) An opening into, or in search of, a mine.
• v. (transitive) To close with a hatch or hatches.
• v. (intransitive) (of young animals) To emerge from an egg.
• v. (intransitive) (of eggs) To break open when a young animal emerges from it.
• v. (transitive) To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.
• v. (transitive) To devise.
• n. The act of hatching.
• n. Development; disclosure; discovery.
• n. (poultry) A group of birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time.
• n. (often as mayfly hatch) The phenomenon, lasting 1–2 days, of large clouds of mayflies appearing in one…
• n. (informal) A birth, the birth records (in the newspaper) — compare the phrase "hatched, matched, and dispatched…
• v. (transitive) To shade an area of (a drawing, diagram, etc.) with fine parallel lines, or with lines which…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep.

hatching

• n. A method of shading areas of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines.
• n. A group of birds, reptiles, fish, insects, etc., which emerge from their eggs at the same time.
• n. The act of an egg hatching, eclosion.
• v. present participle of hatch.

shade

• n. (uncountable) Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
• n. (countable) Something that blocks light, particularly in a window.
• n. (countable) A variety of a colour/color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint).
• n. (figuratively) A subtle variation in a concept.
• n. (figuratively) An aspect that is reminiscent of something.
• n. A very small degree of a quantity, or variety of meaning.
• n. (archaic or literary) A ghost.
• n. (archaic) A creature that is partially human and partially angel.
• n. (countable) A postage stamp showing an obvious difference in colour/color to the original printing and…
• n. (uncountable, originally gay slang) Subtle insults.
• v. (transitive) To shield from light.
• v. (transitive) To alter slightly.
• v. (intransitive) To vary or approach something slightly, particularly in color.
• v. (intransitive, baseball, of a defensive player) To move slightly from one's normal fielding position.
• v. (transitive) To darken, particularly in drawing.
• v. To surpass by a narrow margin.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.

shading

• v. present participle of shade.