Words / B2

HACH/hætʃ/

To hatch is to come out of an egg, or to plan in secret (hatch a plan); as a noun, a small door or opening: eggs hatch; a hatch in the deck. Incubate is the warming process; a trapdoor is a close twin for the opening. Chicks hatch in the incubation practical. Mix-up: hitch; hutch. Do not write hatch for a mammal being born.

Meaning

To come out of an egg, or to plan in secret (hatch a plan); as a noun, a small door or opening.

Examples

• “Chicks hatch in the incubation practical; a hatch in the bulkhead is the door sense.”
• “They hatched a plan in the minutes, which is the secret-plot sense.”

Good to know

eggs / chicks hatch; hatch a plan; a hatch in / to. Close (door): opening / trapdoor. Trap: hitch / hutch. Biology, DT, and news. Come out of an egg, a small door, or plot in secret — specify.

Near in meaning

emerge, incubate

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