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hatch 1 of 2

noun

Definition of hatchnext
as in door
a barrier by which an entry is closed and opened watertight hatches provided access through the ship's bulkheads

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verb

as in to spawn
to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop the mallards and geese have begun hatching in their nests down by the pond

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Recent Examples of hatch
Noun
Most were focused on fly fishing, though even those taught him the importance of matching the hatch. — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 9 Sep. 2026 Eggs hatch in about two to three months, and the young immediately start foraging by themselves. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2026
Verb
Each of its elements began, long ago, in the loamy earth, hatching and creeping or slipping, slick and squealing, from the womb of the mind. — Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026 ChatGPT wasn’t hatched beneath a volcano to take over the world. — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hatch
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hatch
  1. door
  2. spawn
  3. sit
  4. brood
  5. lay
  6. incubate
Noun
  • There will be moments when someone looks toward the door expecting to see that smile, that wave, or that familiar face coming in to say hello.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The rear door was open with blood on the handle and the back door kitchen window had suspected blood at its base, according to the complaint.
    — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of door
Verb
  • That garden spawned an annual salsa competition, in which club employees harvest their own ingredients from the planters, make salsa at home, and bring it back to be judged.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The series started out as a 1996 horror video game that has spawned several sequels, spinoffs and remakes, in addition to adaptation across film and TV.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of spawn
Verb
  • But Wendy Goodman, New York Magazine’s design editor who has been a balletgoer since childhood, pays to sit at the front of the theater.
    — Fiorella Valdesolo, Curbed, 22 Sep. 2026
  • At the top end of the range sits the Artycapucines line, an annual edition of limited-edition bags customized by prominent artists.
    — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of sit
Verb
  • To be fair, Snyder, who’s also credited as the film’s cinematographer, captures no shortage of admittedly stirring images throughout, especially those involving flickering light and brooding shadows.
    — Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Godwit parents brood their chicks, alert them to danger, lead them to hiding places, and (in a dramatic and short-lived personality shift) aggressively squawk at and harry their potential predators.
    — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of brood
Verb
  • Don’t throttle the goose who lays the golden eggs, don’t blast from the skies the albatross who guarantees fair winds.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Minutes later, a second explosive-laden Shahed drone hit, laying waste to the main hub of his publishing house, Ranok, in northeastern Kharkiv.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of lay
Verb
  • Nesting is always perilous, but the moment when the male and female trade places is especially so, as the incubating bird’s movement may catch the attention of a predator.
    — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The scientists propose that Webb is catching supermassive black hole stars — up to 1 million times the mass of the sun — in the act of incubating the universe’s first big black holes.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of incubate

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“Hatch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hatch. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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