Antonyms for hatch

Grammar : Verb

Spell : hach

Phonetic Transcription : hætʃ

Definition of hatch

Origin : "to produce young from eggs by incubation," from Middle English hachen (early 13c.), probably from an unrecorded Old English *hæccan, of unknown origin, related to Middle High German, German hecken "to mate" (used of birds). Meaning "to come forth from an egg" is late 14c. Figurative use (of plots, etc.) is from early 14c. Related: Hatched; hatching.

verb create, plan

Example sentences :

The very brooding of the voice on a word, seems to hatch something of what is in it.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

The hatch was so small that two men could not pass at a time, and I felt my way to it, in no haste.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

Who could tell what devil's mischief they might hatch together!
Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens

From without I heard Grauble's voice in command: "Close the hatch."
Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings

A hatch stood open there, and he dropped through, slamming it after him.
Extract from : « In the Orbit of Saturn » by Roman Frederick Starzl

He pulled the hatch open softly and the hinges had been oiled.
Extract from : « In the Orbit of Saturn » by Roman Frederick Starzl

It was but a matter of moments to break the lock and pull open the hatch.
Extract from : « In the Orbit of Saturn » by Roman Frederick Starzl

Quietly he climbed back to the passage and closed the hatch.
Extract from : « In the Orbit of Saturn » by Roman Frederick Starzl

Now I have fifteen turtles' eggs, and I think they will hatch.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, July 27, 1880 » by Various

Here the sun could easily penetrate to the bottom and hatch them.
Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker

Synonyms for hatch

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