hatch

Examples

• All

• Initially, the model will calculate the hatch time of at least two key grasshopper species to within a week.

  Academic text (1996)

• Adult earworm moths lay their eggs directly on the silk of the growing corn, where the larvae hatch about three days later.

  Academic text (1994)

• Soil temperature is a better indicator of egg hatch, but air temperature is more commonly monitored.

  Academic text (1996)

• Parasitoid young hatch inside the sharpshooter eggs, then proceed to feast on them.

  Academic text (2001)

• The hatch of the baby sea turtles was an exciting event for the beachgoers who gathered to watch.

• During the hatch, thousands of tiny fish emerge from their eggs in the warm waters of the ocean.

• The naturalists documented the hatch of the chickadee eggs as the mother bird cared for her young.

Synonyms

B

birth

vshatch

814 1.0

The process when a baby or young animal comes into the world

is about emerging from an egg rather than entering the world alive

H

hatching

vshatch

2 2.2

The time when young animals come out of an egg

is the base verb form rather than the noun with -ing

E

eclosion

vshatch

• Specialized

9.9

A young animal coming out of its egg or pupa

is limited to emergence from an egg rather than from a pupa

Compounds

E

escape hatch

4 4.1

A small door in a vehicle or building that lets people get out quickly in an emergency

B

booby hatch

• Slur

1 9.9

An insulting old-fashioned word for a hospital that cares for people with mental illness

E

escape hatch

1 5.0

A clause or simple rule that lets someone leave an agreement without a big loss

C

cargo hatch

1 3.9

A door in a ship or plane that opens to the cargo area

B

booby-hatch

• Slur

9.9

A mental hospital often used as slang for a noisy or chaotic place

Surface Forms

Etymology