Synonyms of hatched

hatched

verb

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spawned
• incubated
• laid
• sat
• brooded
• set

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hatched

These siblings, hatched this year at Montrose Beach, are the grandchildren of Monty and Rose, who sparked a citywide conservation movement after raising the first successful piping plovers chicks in Chicago in more than 70 years. — Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026

For one, Lane visited the World Bird Sanctuary’s captive breeding program for Eurasian Eagle Owls that hatched and raised Flaco and his siblings that are still living in zoos nationwide. — Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026

How businesses have been faring By then, Fritz said, property and business owners along the street had given up on waiting for the project to be finished and had hatched plans to begin promoting a new Flagler Street anyway, Fritz said. — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026

Its screenplay, which Dolan hatched in collaboration with three others, tries to soft-pedal predictable beats that nonetheless end up the only ones getting beaten. — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026

Charlie hatched at the Maryland Zoo in 1986 and lived at the Georgia Aquarium for decades. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 31 July 2026

These plans have been hatched prior to the final one taking place in less than a month’s time and are understood to have been discussed at a recent roundtable with figures from the local sector. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 July 2026

And no contemporary actor can actually claim the same descent as Helen, who hatched from a swan’s egg. — Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026

In a rare instance, the pair was hatched from two eggs in the same breeding season, marking a first for the North American population of echidnas. — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 16 July 2026