hatch
/hæt͡ʃ/noun, verb1 syllable
Hatch means: sit on (eggs).
Synonyms for hatch15
noun, as in shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
noun, as in a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open
noun, as in the production of young from an egg
verb, as in devise or invent
verb, as in emerge from the eggs
What does hatch mean?9
verb
sit on (eggs)“Birds brood”
devise or invent“He thought up a plan to get rich quickly”
emerge from the eggs“young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch”
inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating
draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper“hatch the sheet”
noun
shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open
the production of young from an egg
a movable barrier covering a hatchway
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with hatch?11
Hatch in a sentence
- Despite appearances, you shouldn’t count your chickens before they hatch.Bernie75
- No sooner do ducklings hatch, than they are already in the water.unknown
- The hen sits on her eggs until they hatch.Dejo
- The house has a hatch to the basement on the outside.Tom9358
- You have to open the hatch to enter the interior of the submarine.mccarras
- The hen sits on her eggs until the chicks hatch.Adelpa
- We waited for the sea turtle eggs to hatch.IMer
- The hens incubate her eggs untill they hatch.Aghanim
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Forms of hatch
as a noun
- plural
- hatches
as a verb
- past tense
- hatched
- present participle
- hatching
- third-person singular
- hatches
- past participle
- hatched