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hatch1

 
pronunciation:
haech
parts of speech:
transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
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part of speech: transitive verb
inflections: hatches, hatching, hatched
definition 1: to help a young animal break out from (its egg) and be born. Birds, reptiles, and certain kinds of fish hatch eggs.
The bird hatched her eggs in a nest in that tree.
synonyms:
clutch
similar words:
brood, incubate
definition 2: to cause (a baby bird, fish, or other animal) to come forth from an egg.
The turtles hatch their young on the beach.The mother duck hatched her ducklings on dry ground near the water.
definition 3: to originate or produce.
Together they hatched a brilliant plan.
synonyms:
cook up, devise, originate, produce
similar words:
conceive, concoct, dream up, generate
 
part of speech: intransitive verb
definition: to come forth from an egg.
The young turtles 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.
definition 2: the group of young hatched at one time.
synonyms:
brood, clutch
similar words:
covey, nest
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derivations: hatchable (adj.), hatchability (n.), hatcher (n.)
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