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hatched

hatched

1 6.5
A part of a drawing shaded with many fine lines to show shadow
  • adjective
  • /hæʧt/
  • Specialized
: trazado
  • The artist used a hatched technique to give the landscape drawing depth and texture.

Examples

  • And now what's the solution in this, in this cross hatched range region?

  • So it looks like this it's got like a cross hatched kind of pan there.

  • I prefer the hatched shading style to add dimension to my sketches.

  • In her illustration, the figures appeared hatched with intricate lines to create shadows.

Synonyms

shaded
vshatched
5 3.5

Having darker areas drawn to show depth and shape

relies on fine parallel or crossed lines rather than smooth tones
to shade
vshatched
1 4.3

To draw dark areas to show light and shadow

uses a line-based approach to create shadow and texture
to crosshatch
vshatched
  • Specialized
1 7.2

To shade an area by drawing crossing parallel lines

names the marked area produced rather than the drawing action
crosshatched
vshatched
  • Specialized
1 7.4

Having sets of crossing lines to show dark or textured areas

is more general, allowing either parallel or crossed fine lines

How Shaded

hatched
  • Specialized
1 6.5
unshaded
1 3.5

Surface Forms

hatched positive

Morphology

hatched = hatch (semi-transparent) = hatch + ed

Formally a regular past-participle from the verb 'hatch', but the shading/drawing sense is specialized and may not be known to learners who only know the egg-related sense.

Etymology

Hatched (in drawing) comes from the word hatch or hatching, meaning 'to fill an area with short lines' to show 'shadow' or texture, so a hatched section is covered in those lines to look shaded.