to hatch

Examples

• All

• She carefully monitors the temperature, knowing that it is vital for the eggs to hatch successfully.

• It can hatch eggs.

  Margot at the Wedding (2007)

• And she leaves them there for the daddy to hatch, and raise, all by himself.

  Paternity (1981)

• Are you hatching them now?

  Ten Seconds to Hell (1959)

• That is to say, the cuckoo mother does not hatch her own egg.

• I think your egg is hatching.

  Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

• She sits on the eggs until they hatch.

  Paternity (1981)

• The male stands and incubates the egg until it hatches... ...about 65 days.

  Good Luck Chuck (2007)

• The mother bird sits on her eggs until they hatch in the spring.

• After a few weeks of care, the eggs will finally hatch into cute chicks.

Synonyms

C

to cover

vsto hatch

10 8.2

To sit on eggs to keep them warm until they hatch

is the general term for sitting on eggs across birds and other animals

I

to incubate

vsto hatch

3 5.1

Sit on eggs to keep them warm until they hatch

is the act of sitting to warm eggs rather than the biological process

B

to brood

vsto hatch

1 6.0

To sit on eggs to keep them warm until they hatch

is used for both birds and other animals, not only birds

Phrasal Verbs

H

to hatch a plan

12 3.6

To make a secret or careful plan to do something

H

to hatch a scheme

1 6.3

Plan something in secret, often to trick or surprise others

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

How Attentive

to hatch

5 2.6

to brood

1 6.0

to sit

∞ 1.0

visit

∞ 1.0

to abandon

773 3.1

Surface Forms

Etymology