hatch
/hæt͡ʃ/ verb C2- To emerge from an egg. · These three chicks hatched yesterday morning.
- To break open when a young animal emerges from it. · She was delighted when she heard the crackling sound of the eggs hatching.
- To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch. · I'm hatching this mysterious egg I found in the forest.
- To devise (a plot or scheme). · World domination was only one of the evil schemes he had hatched over the years.
He/she/it hatches · Past hatched · Past participle hatched · -ing form hatching
Verb forms
- Base form
- hatch
- He/she/it
- hatches
- Past
- hatched
- Past participle
- hatched
- -ing form
- hatching
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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A SWALLOW, returning from abroad and especially fond of dwelling with men, built herself a nest in the wall of a Court of Justice and there hatched seven young birds.
Harm hatch, harm catch.
A DOVE shut up in a cage was boasting of the large number of young ones which she had hatched.
why have you hatched these vipers which, when they shall have grown, will inflict injury on all, beginning with yourself?”
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