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hatch1
- pronunciation:
- haech
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
hatched, hatches, hatching |
| definition 1: |
to bring forth or cause (a bird, fish, or other animal) to come forth from an egg.
The bird hatched her eggs in a nest in that tree.- synonyms:
- clutch
- similar words:
- brood, incubate
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| definition 2: |
to originate or produce.
Together they hatched a brilliant plan.- synonyms:
- cook up, devise, originate, produce
- similar words:
- conceive, concoct, create, dream up, generate
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| related words: |
brew, contrive, design, develop, engender, form, invent, produce |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to come forth from an egg.
The ducklings all hatched the same afternoon.- similar words:
- emerge, pip
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the act or an instance of hatching.
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| definition 2: |
the group of young hatched at one time.
- synonyms:
- brood, clutch
- similar words:
- covey, nest
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| related words: |
litter |
| derivations: |
hatchable (adj.), hatchability (n.), hatcher (n.) |
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