hatch
/hætʃ/
verb
- To come out of an egg by breaking the shell.
- We watched the baby turtles hatch and crawl toward the ocean.
- The chicks began to hatch after three weeks of incubation.
- The eggs in the nest are expected to hatch any day now.
- To cause an egg to produce young by keeping it warm or in proper conditions.
- The mother bird sits on her eggs to hatch them.
- She carefully hatched the duck eggs in a warm, humid box.
- The farmer uses an incubator to hatch the chicken eggs.
- To create or think of a plan, idea, or scheme, often in secret.
- We spent the afternoon hatching ideas for the school project.
- The villains hatched a scheme to steal the treasure.
- The friends hatched a plan to surprise their teacher on her birthday.
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noun
- An opening in a floor, ceiling, or wall, often with a door or cover, used for access or passage.
- The submarine's hatch was sealed tightly to keep out water.
- The sailor climbed through the hatch to reach the deck.
- There is a storage hatch in the floor of the garage.
- The act or process of hatching from an egg.
- Spring is the season of hatch for many birds.
- The farmer recorded the hatch rate of the eggs.
- The hatch of the butterfly larvae happened overnight.
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