hatch vs ruin

hatch

noun
  • A bedstead. 

  • A group of birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time. 

  • A trapdoor. 

  • An opening into, or in search of, a mine. 

  • The act of hatching. 

  • A gullet. 

  • A birth, the birth records (in the newspaper). 

  • A floodgate; a sluice gate. 

  • An opening through the deck of a ship or submarine 

  • A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling. 

  • Development; disclosure; discovery. 

  • A small door in large mechanical structures and vehicles such as aircraft and spacecraft often provided for access for maintenance. 

  • A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish. 

  • An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items. A pass through. 

  • The phenomenon, lasting 1–2 days, of large clouds of mayflies appearing in one location to mate, having reached maturity. 

verb
  • To shade an area of (a drawing, diagram, etc.) with fine parallel lines, or with lines which cross each other (cross-hatch). 

  • To devise. 

  • To emerge from an egg. 

  • To break open when a young animal emerges from it. 

  • To close with a hatch or hatches. 

  • To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch. 

ruin

noun
  • The act of ruining something. 

  • The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed. 

  • A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow. 

  • The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle. 

  • Complete financial loss; bankruptcy. 

  • Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction. 

verb
  • To seduce or debauch, and thus harm the social standing of. 

  • To make something less enjoyable or likeable. 

  • To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something. 

  • To cause the fiscal ruin of; to bankrupt or drive out of business. 

  • To destroy or make something no longer usable. 

  • To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil. 

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