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• hatch — [[t]hæ̱tʃ[/t]] hatches, hatching, hatched 1) V ERG When a baby bird, insect, or other animal hatches, or when it is hatched, it comes out of its egg by breaking the shell. As soon as the two chicks hatch, they leave the nest burrow... [be V ed]… …   English dictionary

• Hatch — Hatch, v. t. [OE. hacchen, hetchen; akin to G. hecken, Dan. hekke; cf. MHG. hagen bull; perh. akin to E. hatch a half door, and originally meaning, to produce under a hatch. [root]12.] 1. To produce, as young, from an egg or eggs by incubation,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• hatch — hatch1 [hach] vt. [ME hacchen, akin to Ger hecken, to breed & OE hagan, the genitals < ? IE base * k̑ak , to be able, help > Sans s̍aknṓti, (he) can] 1. a) to bring forth (young) from an egg or eggs by applying warmth b) to bring forth… …   English World dictionary

• Hatch — Hatch, v. i. To produce young; said of eggs; to come forth from the egg; said of the young of birds, fishes, insects, etc. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• hatch — [v] create, plan bear, brainstorm*, breed, bring forth, brood, cause, come up with, conceive, concoct, contrive, cook up*, design, devise, dream up*, engender, formulate, generate, get up, give birth, incubate, induce, invent, lay eggs, make,… …   New thesaurus

• hatch|a|bil|i|ty — «HACH uh BIHL uh tee», noun. the quality or condition of hatching or of being hatched: »The concentration of chemicals found…reduce the hatchability of eggs (New Scientist) …   Useful english dictionary

• hatch|er|y — «HACH uhr ee, HACH ree», noun, plural er|ies. a place for hatching eggs, as for fish or hens …   Useful english dictionary

• hatch — 01. The eggs might not [hatch] because they got quite cold during the winter storm. 02. After the salmon eggs [hatch], the babies live in the gravel for a few weeks. 03. There is a salmon [hatchery] located near the mouth of the river. 04. The… …   Grammatical examples in English

• hatch — 1 verb 1 also hatch out (I, T) if an egg hatches or is hatched, it breaks, letting the young bird, insect etc come out: The eggs take three days to hatch. 2 also hatch out (I, T) if a young bird, insect etc hatches or is hatched, it comes out of… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• hatch — I UK [hætʃ] / US verb Word forms hatch : present tense I/you/we/they hatch he/she/it hatches present participle hatching past tense hatched past participle hatched 1) a) hatch or hatch out [intransitive/transitive] if a baby bird, fish, insect… …   English dictionary

• hatch — hatch1 [ hætʃ ] verb 1. ) hatch or hatch out intransitive or transitive if a baby bird, fish, insect, etc. hatches or is hatched, it comes out of its egg and is born: Eleven chicks have been hatched since July. Mosquito larvae are hatching in the …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English