[
UK
/hˈætʃ/
]
[ US /ˈhætʃ/ ]
[ US /ˈhætʃ/ ]
VERB
-
sit on (eggs)
Birds brood
The female covers the eggs -
devise or invent
He thought up a plan to get rich quickly
no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software - inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating
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draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper
hatch the sheet -
emerge from the eggs
young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch
NOUN
- shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
- a movable barrier covering a hatchway
- the production of young from an egg
- a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open
How To Use hatch In A Sentence
- Hatching may be synchronous or asynchronous (one or two days apart).
- Why aren't more different types of cars - namely hatchbacks, wagons and microcars - more readily available in the U.S.?
- A voice drifted down through the hatch above our heads, ‘I'm amazed,’ it said. ‘Only three people have chundered so far.’
- An Augustinian nun in a brown-and-cream habit peered from the small hatch at the entrance. THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY
- They are accused of hatching a decade-long plot to keep wholesale oil prices artificially high. The Sun
- Margaret Thatcher became Britain's first woman prime minister in 1979.
- Some plants like ornamental grasses or irises may require knives, machetes, or even hatchets to get the job done, but it is worth it.
- Fire ants feed on almost any plant or animal material, including vulnerable reptile and ground-bird hatchlings.
- The only recent changes have been trees blowing down and the repair of thatched roofs. Times, Sunday Times
- All birds were hatched in incubators and kept in brooders until approximately 7 weeks of age, at which time they were moved to 5 x 7 x 4 m outdoor flight pens.
