verb🔗ShareTo close with a hatch or hatches."The sailor quickly hatched the cargo hold to protect the supplies from the rising waves. "nauticalsailingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(of young animals) To emerge from an egg."The baby chick hatched from its egg this morning. "animalbiologynatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(of eggs) To break open when a young animal emerges from it."The baby chicks hatched from their eggs this morning. "animalbiologynatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo incubate eggs; to cause to hatch."The farmer hatched hundreds of chicks in the incubator. "animalbiologynatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo devise."The students hatched a plan to surprise their teacher on her birthday. "planmindactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo shade an area of (a drawing, diagram, etc.) with fine parallel lines, or with lines which cross each other (cross-hatch)."The art student hatched the sphere in her drawing to make it appear more three-dimensional. "artwritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo cross; to spot; to stain; to steep."The artist hatched the drawing with fine lines to create shadows and depth. "animalbiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
