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noun

Definition of hatchnext
as in door
a barrier by which an entry is closed and opened watertight hatches provided access through the ship's bulkheads

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verb

as in to spawn
to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop the mallards and geese have begun hatching in their nests down by the pond

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Recent Examples of hatch
Noun
Only during a brief two-month window in late spring and early summer, when those eggs hatch and the emerging mosquitoes begin feeding on deer, does the virus replicate. — John Drake, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026 The eggs hatch into larvae that burrow into the wound and feed on living tissue; then, after about seven days of feeding, the larvae drop to the ground, burrow into the soil and pupate. — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Verb
One of the six never hatched and one owlet died May 27, due combination of factors that may be partly related to the ongoing drought, officials said. — Mark Price june 25, Charlotte Observer, 25 June 2026 In a few cases, multiple individuals were preserved together in the same concretion, indicating that these animals may have remained in groups for some time after hatching. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 23 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for hatch
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hatch
  1. door
  2. spawn
  3. sit
  4. brood
  5. lay
  6. incubate
Noun
  • DoorDash your groceries to your door DoorDash Pass members get 5% back in credits on pick-up orders and $0 delivery fees.
    — Rachel Cortez, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • When tragedy struck, the couple was at their own cabin, while Brooke and Blair were staying with their grandparents Mike, 77, and Charlene Harber, 75, at a friend's place a couple of doors down.
    — Brian Brant, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026
Definition of door
Verb
  • But that kind of partnership also spawned because of their circumstances both with their alliance and everything that happened afterwards.
    — Mark Medina, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • His passing spawned a slew of articles about the secret to extreme longevity.
    — Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Definition of spawn
Verb
  • He’s been known to blow up legislation, make surprise nominations, rage-post about sitting Republican lawmakers and retaliate by endorsing their primary opponents.
    — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • Nearly a year ago, CBS Colorado reported on the home, which had sat vacant for more than six years while falling into severe disrepair.
    — Brian Maass, CBS News, 2 July 2026
Definition of sit
Verb
  • Pianist Lex Korten and trumpeter Adam O’Farrill open freely, crash landing into the suite with cold, brooding interplay as opposed to the straightforward funk vamp of Roach’s version.
    — Rae-Aila Crumble, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026
  • Saracho will serve as showrunner and executive producer of the drama series following a captive princess who gets kidnapped by a brooding werewolf alpha and plunged into a bloodthirsty war.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 25 June 2026
Definition of brood
Verb
  • The pilot program has laid bare a host of questions about the role of AI in medicine, including how it should be regulated, whether doctors should be able to veto it, and what kind of safety measures are needed to protect patients.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 July 2026
  • During his 24 years on the Board of Supervisors, Haggerty’s vision of a connected Bay Area laid the groundwork for some of the largest infrastructure projects under construction today.
    — Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 6 July 2026
Definition of lay
Verb
  • Believing a rock to be an egg, Roy and Silo took turns incubating it.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026
  • Red Wagon Ventures, a subsidiary of Chick-fil-A that serves to incubate and invest in businesses, quietly launched Acrew Home Professionals in metro Atlanta late last year.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 25 June 2026
Definition of incubate

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