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Date "HATCHES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1386. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Hatches Put on the hatches. Figuratively, shut the door. (Anglo-Saxon, hæc a gate. Compare haca, a bar or bolt.) Under hatches. Dead and buried. The hatches of a ship are the coverings over the hatchways (or openings in the deck of a vessel) to allow of cargo, etc., being easily discharged. "And though his soul has gone aloft, His body's under hatches." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang in 1811 | HATCHES. Under the hatches; in trouble, distress, or debt. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Poverty | In want; Noun: needy, necessitous, distressed, pinched, straitened; put to one's shifts, put to one's last shifts; unable to keep the wolf from the door, unable to make both ends meet; embarrassed, under hatches; involved; (in debt); insolvent; (not paying). |
Prisoner | Adjective: imprisoned; in prison, in quod, in durance vile, in limbo, in custody, doing time, in charge, in chains; under lock and key, under hatches; on parole. |
Restraint | Confine; shut up, shut in; clap up, lock up, box up, mew up, bottle up, cork up, seal up, button up; hem in, bolt in, wall in, rail in; impound, pen, coop; inclose; (circumscribe); cage; incage, encage; close the door upon, cloister; imprison, immure; incarcerate, entomb; clap under hatches, lay under hatches; put in irons, put in a strait-waistcoat; throw into prison, cast into prison; put into bilboes. |
Adjective: restrained, constrained; imprisoned;Verb: pent up; jammed in, wedged in; under lock and key, under restraint, under hatches; in swaddling clothes; on parole; in custody, doing time; (prisoner); cohibitive; coactive; (compulsory). | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: HATCHES |
| English words defined with "HATCHES": Bird's-nest ♦ Coursey ♦ Hatch-boat, Hatcher ♦ To batten down. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "HATCHES": brake inspector ♦ car checker, classification inspector, commercial brooder ♦ equipment inspector ♦ freight clerk ♦ HULL INSPECTOR ♦ insulated openings ♦ journal-box inspector ♦ Ostrich Eggs in Churches ♦ PIPE-AND-TANK FABRICATOR, PRESSURE SEALER-AND-TESTER ♦ QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTOR ♦ RAILROAD-CAR INSPECTOR ♦ sealer, aircraft, SHIPFITTER. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Horton Hatches the Egg (1942) | |
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 | Armstrong and Scott with Hatches Open. Credit: NASA. |  | View looking forward from the ship's port bridge wing, 1908. Note the 12"/45 gun turret with grating hatches open; also winch and capstans, with decorated tops on the latter. An old fortification is in the left distance. Photographed by Enrique Muller. Credit: NAVY. |
 | View on the afterdeck, looking forward, 1908. Note: 12"/45 gun turret; after bridges with stump mainmast, searchlights and 3-pounder guns; winches, hatches and hose reel on the main deck. Photographed by Enrique Muller. Credit: NAVY. |  | Taking on coal from a barge moored alongside, at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, circa 1909. View looks aft from over the port forward 8"/45 gun turret. Note boat crane, coal booms, hatches and bags, and 46-star U.S. ensign flying from New Hampshire's flagstaff. USS Vestal is fitting out at right. Credit: NAVY. |
 | At the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 9 June 1942. Note that she still retains her original 4"/50 guns. Other items visible include her whaleboat and gig, engine room hatches, reels for minesweeping cables, .50 caliber anti-aircraft machineguns mounted on the rear corners of her after deckhouse, depth charge tracks and minesweeping gear on her stern. A former sister ship, still fitted as a destroyer, is alongside, with 20mm anti-aircraft machineguns and torpedo tubes visible. Credit: NAVY. |  | S.S. Angeline, spar deck and hatches from bridge. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "HATCHES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 81.01% of the time. "HATCHES" is used about 79 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 81.01% | 64 | 42,009 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 16.46% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.53% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 79 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "HATCHES": batten down the hatches ♦ To batten down the hatches ♦ To be under hatches ♦ under hatches. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
bomar hatches | 40 | bowmar hatches | 4 |
boat hatches | 36 | hatches kayak | 3 |
hatches marine | 22 | tempress hatches | 3 |
hatches roof | 20 | boat bomar hatches | 3 |
hatches scuttle | 15 | sail boat hatches | 3 |
hatches | 12 | auto cad free hatches | 2 |
access hatches | 11 | freeman hatches | 2 |
auto cad hatches | 10 | beckson hatches | 2 |
horton hatches the egg | 10 | hatches hot | 2 |
floor hatches | 8 | inspection hatches | 2 |
bilco hatches | 8 | fly hatches montauk | 2 |
deck hatches | 8 | hatches new york | 2 |
anchor hatches | 6 | hatches taylor | 2 |
bilco hatches roof | 5 | access hatches roof | 2 |
hatches lewmar | 4 | taylor made hatches | 2 |
gauge hatches | 4 | access boat hatches | 2 |
bomar hatches marine | 2 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "HATCHES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | dyppeluger(dip hatches)paa tanke boer vaere placeret saa naer som muligt ved den oeverste del af trappen,og daekslerne,boer vaere lukkede,naar de ikke er i brug (and their covers should always be closed when not in use, dip hatches of tanks should be located as near as possible to the head of the stairway). (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | de meetluiken van de tanks dienen zich boven zo dicht mogelijk bij de trap te bevinden en moeten,wanneer ze niet gebruikt worden,altijd gesloten zijn (and their covers should always be closed when not in use, dip hatches of tanks should be located as near as possible to the head of the stairway). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | les orifices de jaugeage des réservoirs doivent être situés aussi près que possible du haut de l'escalier et leurs couvercles doivent toujours être refermés après jaugeage (dip hatches of tanks should be located as near as possible to the head of the stairway). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | schraffiert, Lukentüren, brütet (broods). (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | κλείνω καλά τα κουβούσια (batten down the hatches), οι οπές καταμετρήσεως των δεξαμενών πρέπει να τοποθετούνται όσον το δυνατό πλησιέστερα στην κορυφή της σκάλας και τα σκεπάσματά τους πρέπ (dip hatches of tanks should be located as near as possible to the head of the stairway). (various references) | ||||||||||
Hungarian | fedélzeti nyílást bedeszkáz (to batten down the hatches). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | i portelli dei boccaporti di livello dovrebbero essere posti il piu vicino possibile alla testa delle scale,e i loro coperchi dovrebbero essere sempre chiusi quando non vengono usati (and their covers should always be closed when not in use, dip hatches of tanks should be located as near as possible to the head of the stairway). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | atcheshay los orificios de aforado deben disponerse lo mas cerca posible del extremo superior de la escalera y sus tapaderas deben estar siempre cerradas cuando no se utilice el orificio (and their covers should always be closed when not in use, dip hatches of tanks should be located as near as possible to the head of the stairway), fijar con listones los encerados de escotilla (batten down the hatches). (various references) | ||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 8, Verse 13 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai egeneto en tw eni kai exakosiostw etei en th zwh tou nwe tou prwtou mhnoV mia tou mhnoV exelipen to udwr apo thV ghV kai apekaluyen nwe thn steghn thV kibwtou hn epoihsen kai eiden oti exelipen to udwr apo proswpou thV ghV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Igitur sescentesimo primo anno primo mense prima die mensis inminutae sunt aquae super terram et aperiens Noe tectum arcae aspexit viditque quod exsiccata esset superficies terrae |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Ða geopenode Noe ðæs arces hrof, ond beheold ut ond geseah ðæt ðære eorðan bradnis wæs adruwod. [omitted: |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Thanne in the sixte hundryd yeer and oon of the lijf of Noe, the first moneth, the first day of the moneth, ben lessid the waterys vpon erthe; and Noe, openynge the roof of his arke, bihelde and sawy that `al out dried was the ouermost of the erthe. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And it came to passe the syxte hundred and one yere and the fyrst daye of the fyrst moneth that the waters were dryed vpp apon the erth. And Noe toke off the hatches of the arke and loked: And beholde the face of the erth was drye. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dry. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And in the six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters were dry on the earth: and Noah took the cover off the ark and saw that the face of the earth was dry. |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 8, Verse 13 |
| Cebuano | Ug nahitabo nga sa ikaunom ka gatus ug nahauna nga tuig, sa nabaunang bulan, sa nahaunang adlaw sa bulan, ang mga tubig minghubas sa ibabaw sa yuta ug gikuha ni Noe ang atop sa arca, ug siya mitan-aw ug ania karon, ang nawong sa yuta namala na. |
| Croatian | est stotina prve godine Noina života, prvoga mjeseca, prvog dana u mjesecu uzmakoše vode sa zemlje. Noa skine pokrov s korablje i pogleda: površina okopnjela. |
| Dutch | En het geschiedde in het zeshonderd en eerste jaar, in de eerste maand, op den eersten derzelver maand, dat de wateren droogden van boven de aarde; toen deed Noach het deksel der ark af, en zag toe, en ziet, de aardbodem was gedroogd. |
| Finnish | Ja Nooan kuudentenasadantena yhdentenä ikävuotena, vuoden ensimmäisenä kuukautena, kuukauden ensimmäisenä päivänä, oli vesi kuivunut maan päältä. Niin Nooa poisti katon arkista ja katseli; ja katso, maan pinta oli kuivunut. |
| French | L`an six cent un, le premier mois, le premier jour du mois, les eaux avaient séché sur la terre. Noé ôta la couverture de l`arche: il regarda, et voici, la surface de la terre avait séché. |
| German | Im sechshundertundersten Jahr des Alters Noahs, am ersten Tage des ersten Monats vertrocknete das Gewässer auf Erden. Da tat Noah das Dach von dem Kasten und sah, daß der Erdboden trocken war. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka adalah pada enam ratus satu tahun, pada bulan yang pertama dan pada sehari bulan itu airpun kekeringanlah dari atas muka bumi; maka dibuka oleh Nuh akan tudung bahtera itu, lalu dilihatnya bahwa sesungguhnya muka bumi itupun kekeringanlah adanya. |
| Italian | L'anno seicentouno della vita di Noè, il primo mese, il primo giorno del mese, le acque si erano prosciugate sulla terra; Noè tolse la copertura dell'arca ed ecco la superficie del suolo era asciutta. |
| Maori | ¶ A no te ono rau ma tahi o nga tau, no te marama tuatahi, no te ra tuatahi o te marama, i maroke atu ai nga wai i runga i te whenua: na ka hurahia atu e Noa te hipoki o te aaka, a ka kite, na, kua maroke te mata o te whenua. |
| Norwegian | I det seks hundre og første år, i den første måned, på den første dag i måneden, var vannet tørket bort fra jorden. Da tok Noah taket av arken; og han så ut, og se, jorden var tørr. |
| Portuguese | No ano seiscentos e um, no mês primeiro, no primeiro dia do mês, secaram-se as águas de sobre a terra. Então Noé tirou a cobertura da arca: e olhou, e eis que a face a terra estava enxuta. |
| Rumanian | Kn anul wase sute unu, kn luna kntki, kn ziua kntki a lunii, apele secaserq pe pqmknt. Noe a ridicat knvelitoarea corqbiei: s`a uitat, wi iatq cq faya pqmkntului se uscase. |
| Swedish | I det sexhundraförsta året, i första månaden, på första dagen i månaden, hade vattnet sinat bort ifrån jorden. Då tog Noa av taket på arken och såg nu att marken var fri ifrån vatten. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "HATCHES": crosshatches, nuthatches, thatches. (additional references) | |
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"HATCHES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Hache, hatche, hatchset, hathe, hauches, Hitchams, hitchs, khatchik. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "HATCHES" (pronounced ha"khuz) |
| 4 | -a" kh u z | attaches, batches, catches, detaches, dispatches, latches, matches, mismatches, patches, scratches, snatches, thatches. |
| 3 | -kh u z | approaches, arches, avalanches, beaches, benches, bitches, boches, branches, breaches, britches, broaches, brunches, bunches, churches, clenches, clinches, clutches, coaches, cockroaches, couches, crunches, crutches, ditches, encroaches, enriches, entrenches, etches, fetches, finches, glitches, goldfinches, hitches, hunches, impeaches, inches, itches, launches, leaches, leeches, lunches, lurches, marches, mulches, niches, notches, ostriches, overreaches, peaches, perches, pitches, pooches, porches, pouches, preaches, punches, ranches, reaches, researches, riches, roaches, sandwiches, scotches, screeches, searches, sketches, slouches, speeches, starches, stitches, stopwatches, stretches, swatches, switches, teaches, torches, touches, trenches, twitches, watches, wenches, witches, wrenches, wristwatches. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: chetahs. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-h-s-t" | |
-1 letter: chaste, cheats, chetah, cheths, heaths, sachet, scathe, sheath, taches. | |
-2 letters: aches, caste, cates, cesta, chase, chats, cheat, chest, cheth, haets, haste, hatch, hates, heath, heats, heths, taces, tache, tachs, teach, theca. | |
-3 letters: aces, ache, acts, ates, case, cash, cast, cate, cats, chat, each, east, eath, eats, etas, etch, eths, haes, haet, hahs, hash. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-h-s-t" | |
+1 letter: cheetahs, hatchels, hatchers, hatchets, thatches. | |
+2 letters: chatchkes, ethnarchs, heptarchs, shtetlach, thatchers. | |
+3 letters: hatcheries, hatchments, heartaches, nuthatches, thatchiest, thearchies, thickheads, toothaches. | |
+4 letters: bathyscaphe, catchphrase, headachiest, hectographs, heptachlors, heptarchies, searchlight, shortchange, stomachache. | |
+5 letters: autochthones, bathyscaphes, catchphrases, cephalothins, chaetognaths, chamaephytes, chrestomathy, crosshatched, crosshatches, deathwatches, hamantaschen, hypothecates, searchlights, shortchanged, shortchanger, shortchanges, stomachaches, theosophical. | |
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