hachure

ha·chure

H0004000 (hă-sho͝or′, hăsh′o͝or)n. One of the short lines used on maps to shade or to indicate slopes and their degree and direction.tr.v. (hă-sho͝or′) ha·chured, ha·chur·ing, ha·chures To make hatching on (a map).

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[French, from Old French, from hacher, to crosshatch; see hatch³.]

hachure

(hæˈʃjʊə) n1. (Art Terms) hatching. See hatch³2. (Physical Geography) shading of short lines drawn on a relief map to indicate gradientsvb (Physical Geography) (tr) to mark or show by hachures[C19: from French, from hacher to chop up, hatch³]

ha•chure

(hæˈʃʊər) ,
n., v. -chured, -chur•ing. n. 1. one of a series of short parallel lines drawn on a map to indicate topographic relief. 2. shading composed of such lines; hatching. v.t. 3. to indicate or shade by hachures; hatch. [1855–60; < French; see hatch³, -ure]

hachure

Past participle: hachured
Gerund: hachuring

Imperative
hachure
hachure

Present
I hachure
you hachure
he/she/it hachures
we hachure
you hachure
they hachure

Preterite
I hachured
you hachured
he/she/it hachured
we hachured
you hachured
they hachured

Present Continuous
I am hachuring
you are hachuring
he/she/it is hachuring
we are hachuring
you are hachuring
they are hachuring

Present Perfect
I have hachured
you have hachured
he/she/it has hachured
we have hachured
you have hachured
they have hachured

Past Continuous
I was hachuring
you were hachuring
he/she/it was hachuring
we were hachuring
you were hachuring
they were hachuring

Past Perfect
I had hachured
you had hachured
he/she/it had hachured
we had hachured
you had hachured
they had hachured

Future
I will hachure
you will hachure
he/she/it will hachure
we will hachure
you will hachure
they will hachure

Future Perfect
I will have hachured
you will have hachured
he/she/it will have hachured
we will have hachured
you will have hachured
they will have hachured

Future Continuous
I will be hachuring
you will be hachuring
he/she/it will be hachuring
we will be hachuring
you will be hachuring
they will be hachuring

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been hachuring
you have been hachuring
he/she/it has been hachuring
we have been hachuring
you have been hachuring
they have been hachuring

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been hachuring
you will have been hachuring
he/she/it will have been hachuring
we will have been hachuring
you will have been hachuring
they will have been hachuring

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been hachuring
you had been hachuring
he/she/it had been hachuring
we had been hachuring
you had been hachuring
they had been hachuring

Conditional
I would hachure
you would hachure
he/she/it would hachure
we would hachure
you would hachure
they would hachure

Past Conditional
I would have hachured
you would have hachured
he/she/it would have hachured
we would have hachured
you would have hachured
they would have hachured

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hachure - shading consisting of multiple crossing linescrosshatch, hatch, hatchingshading - graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting