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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
Heintz fell out of her vehicle, and police said Royce Moser picked her up, put her in the hatch of her Jeep Cherokee and drove her to his mom's house in Beallsville. — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026 After about five days the larvae hatch and begin feeding and tunneling throughout the fruit, making winding, brownish trails. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026
Verb
Kao hatched a plan to expand Navatek’s presence across the country, making new friends in Congress along the way. — Molly Redden, ProPublica, 20 Oct. 2026 After they’re incubated and hatched, the ducklings are raised for about five weeks and released into the wild. — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Oct. 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
  • Designed for demanding missions where airports may be unavailable, the M1 Hybrid is being developed in a cargo configuration designated M1-HC, with a five-foot-wide cargo door.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Au Kam San, a Macao pro-democracy former lawmaker, was sentenced to 12½ years in prison after a closed-door trial that raised concerns about fairness in the Chinese casino hub's first national security case since the law was enacted in 2009.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of door
Verb
  • Today’s IndyCar bosses could use a bit of the creativity that spawned the PPG Pace Cars.
    — Stephen Edelstein, The Drive, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Both of those are done by the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation, although some inspections spawn from customer complaints.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of spawn
Verb
  • But the end of daylight saving time also means an earlier sunset, which doesn't always sit right with people.
    — Amanda Callahan, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • In this room, with white carpet, marble arches and marble skirting, church members sit and quietly meditate or pray beneath a crystal chandelier.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of sit
Verb
  • As her son Rauri, Murphy plays a creepy, brooding university dropout whom audiences also can’t help sympathize with.
    — Isabelle Farina, Variety, 18 Oct. 2026
  • To be fair, a genre that’s given us everything from brooding, sparkling emo kids who play baseball; a stake-wielding teen slayer who can’t quit the bad boy; and eccentric sidekicks who feast on bugs is ripe with material for mockery.
    — Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of brood
Verb
  • During his tenure from 1985-92, Sabean helped lay the groundwork for the Yankees’ late-90s dynasty.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • If Seattle keeps the game low-scoring and protects Sam Darnold, laying three at home looks reasonable.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of lay
Verb
  • The idea, Schubarth later told court officials, was to use the genetic material to incubate hybrid sheep with horns larger than any North American rams.
    — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Destras notes that the virus may have spent several weeks incubating and multiplying in the patient before the neurological symptoms appeared.
    — Sahas Mehra, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026
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“Hatch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hatch. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

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