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hatch2

Syllabification: (hatch)
Pronunciation: /haCH/
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Definition of hatch

verb

  • 1 [no object] (of a young bird, fish, or reptile) emerge from its egg:ten little chicks hatched out
  • (of an egg) open and produce a young animal:eggs need to be put in a warm place to hatch
  • [with object] incubate (an egg):the eggs are best hatched under broody hens or in incubators
  • [with object] cause (a young animal) to emerge from its egg:our penguins were hatched and hand-reared here
  • 2 [with object] conspire to devise (a plot or plan):the little plot that you and Sylvia hatched up last night

noun

  • a newly hatched brood:a hatch of mayflies

Origin:

Middle English hacche; related to Swedish häcka and Danish hække

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