hatched

past tense of hatch
as in spawned
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 hatched As a youngster, the Disney Channel was constantly switched on at the family home, Adéla hatched a plan and a timeline. — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2026 Once hatched, the larvae feed on living tissue, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. — Kierra Frazier, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 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 The eggs are incubated and hatched there, and the ducklings are raised for about five weeks before being released back into the wild. — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026 Orphaned, the children are taken in by their irreverent aunt Berta, and begin a new life in the big city in a house frequented by intellectuals and where all kinds of political conspiracies are hatched. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026 Nvidia’s rise from an idea hatched in a booth at Denny’s to the world’s most valuable company is one of the defining business stories of the AI boom. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026 To get her father and his siblings to offer answers to questions no one had ever dared ask in the past until Duong’s cameras rolled, an inventive hybrid documentary-narrative model was hatched for the film. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hatched
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  • The meet-up has spawned gossip that Sarandos was full-on courting the duo.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2026
  • In contrast to other Gulf monarchies, especially Saudi Arabia, Qatar sees no threat in the Muslim Brotherhood, the political movement that spawned Hamas.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • The eggs are incubated and hatched there, and the ducklings are raised for about five weeks before being released back into the wild.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Then Franchione took over and laid the foundation for Patterson’s rightfully revered Hall of Fame tenure.
    — Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Sonis laid it back to a wide-open Flint to open the scoring, in the 19th minute.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • This fine establishment has sat at the same address in the Williamsburg Bridge's shadow since 1887, and the interiors carry about as many frills as your average public house—dark wood, plaster walls, and so on.
    — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The birthday boy and his big sister Sterling Skye, 3, each sat between one of their parents’ laps.
    — Angel Saunders, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024

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“Hatched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hatched. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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