hatch

[US]/hætʃ/
[UK]/hætʃ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. opening on a ship, aircraft, or building; the process of a bird hatching from an egg
vt. devise or invent (a plan, especially a devious one)
vi. (of an egg) to break open and allow a young animal to come out

Phrases & Collocations

hatch a plan

hatch eggs

hatchery

hatchling

hatch out

hatch cover

escape hatch

cross hatch

Example Sentences

a hatch of mayflies.

hatch an assassination plot.

A plot was hatched with secrecy.

The eggs hatch at polypod period.

The chickens hatched this morning.

When will the eggs hatch?

A hen hatches chickens.

To Adopt artificial hatch, oosperm hatched rate is 89%.

The larva hatches out and lives in the soil.

The eggs eventually hatch inside the mother’s pouch.

ten little chicks hatched out .

the chick hatches after a month's incubation.

the hatch was securely lashed down .

Within a week, small footless larvae hatch out.

She passed food through the hatch from the kitchen.

Three eggs have already hatched out.

They hatched a plot to murder the king.

I hatched all the arrangement for the dance.

When will the baby chickens hatch out?

Real-world Examples

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Source: VOA One Minute English

There's an escape hatch in the control room.

Source: Modern Family - Season 07

It's got to be an escape hatch.

Source: Ancient Wisdom and Contemporary Love (Audio Version)

The monkey guarded that last egg until it hatched.

Source: Crash Course Comprehensive Edition

We missed the hatch. - Well, no worries.

Source: Ozark.

I'm ready to button up the hatch.

Source: First person to walk on the moon

I repeat, do not open the inner hatch.

Source: Interstellar Original Soundtrack

Mosquitoes grow in water. That's how they hatched.

Source: CNN Selected June 2016 Collection

Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.

Source: Lai Shixiong Basic English Vocabulary 2000

By March, four months later, 3,000 eggs have hatched.

Source: Human Planet

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