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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
The eggs hatch into larvae that burrow into the wound and feed on living tissue; then, after about seven days of feeding, the larvae drop to the ground, burrow into the soil and pupate. — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 1 July 2026 This kicks off a lengthy discourse about favorite fishing holes, epic hatches, and the head-scratching days where the fish seem to win. — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2026
Verb
In 2025, Jackie laid three eggs that all hatched in early March. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2 July 2026 The zoo has been working with the species for more than three decades, and, in collaboration with a number of conservation partners, has hatched and released a total of 80 Louisiana pine snakes to the wild so far this year. — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 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
  • But by next summer, their services at that location are expected to end when the YMCA closes its doors.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2026
  • Separated into two rooms—a modern bar up front, and a cozy, candlelit dining room just past two French doors—Duck Inn feels like it’s been in Bridgeport forever.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026
Definition of door
Verb
  • The incentive is real enough that an entire industry is being spawned beneath it.
    — Cody Luongo, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • Fall provides another opportunity when the browns move inshore to run several area rivers to spawn.
    — Tom Opre, Outdoor Life, 2 July 2026
Definition of spawn
Verb
  • David Perno hobbles from his golf cart to the bench at Clarke Central’s football field and sits to watch practice start.
    — Jack Leo, AJC.com, 9 July 2026
  • The new 6th Street Bridge, hailed as a civic landmark just steps away, was promptly stripped of its wiring by vandals and now sits pitch black at night.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Definition of sit
Verb
  • Pianist Lex Korten and trumpeter Adam O’Farrill open freely, crash landing into the suite with cold, brooding interplay as opposed to the straightforward funk vamp of Roach’s version.
    — Rae-Aila Crumble, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026
  • Saracho will serve as showrunner and executive producer of the drama series following a captive princess who gets kidnapped by a brooding werewolf alpha and plunged into a bloodthirsty war.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 25 June 2026
Definition of brood
Verb
  • The pilot program has laid bare a host of questions about the role of AI in medicine, including how it should be regulated, whether doctors should be able to veto it, and what kind of safety measures are needed to protect patients.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 July 2026
  • During his 24 years on the Board of Supervisors, Haggerty’s vision of a connected Bay Area laid the groundwork for some of the largest infrastructure projects under construction today.
    — Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 6 July 2026
Definition of lay
Verb
  • This has been a consistent problem for a long time now, years in fact, where among a long list of incubating projects, nothing has come to pass outside of Marathon, despite all the money spent to dig up ideas.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Believing a rock to be an egg, Roy and Silo took turns incubating it.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026
Definition of incubate

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