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- pronunciation:
- haech
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer
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
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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
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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 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.
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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 |
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derivations: |
hatchable (adj.), hatchability (n.), hatcher (n.) |
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