hatch
/hæt͡ʃ/ noun C2- The act of hatching.
- Development; disclosure; discovery.
- A group of birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time. · These pullets are from an April hatch.
- The phenomenon, lasting 1–2 days, of large clouds of mayflies appearing in one location to mate, having reached maturity.
- A birth, the birth records (in the newspaper). · hatch, match, and dispatch
Plural hatches
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Harm hatch, harm catch.
So long as the bungalow is empty, we are king and queen of the garden; and remember that as soon as our eggs in the melon bed hatch (as they may tomorrow), our children will need room and quiet.”
“Now I have Nagaina to settle with, and she will be worse than five Nags, and there’s no knowing when the eggs she spoke of will hatch.
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