Synonyms for hatched

Grammar : Adj

Spell : hach

Phonetic Transcription : hætʃ

Définition of hatched

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.

adj contrived

Example sentences :

Lads of Zuñi took my egg and hatched it under a turkey hen, at the Ant Hill.
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

And out of this stone egg a stone ape was hatched by magic power.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

I have two pigeons that laid eggs and hatched two little ones.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, June 22, 1880 » by Various

She was expecting some chicks to be hatched yesterday, and it didn't come off.
Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola

The day after they are hatched, give them some crumbs of white bread or grots soaked in milk, which are very nourishing.
Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton

These creatures keep the egg inside of the body until it is hatched.
Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker

You do not care, you say, what plots may be hatched against His Majesty's life and crown!
Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini

That sort of bird is hatched in great numbers in such times as these.
Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad

So he has hatched this pretty little plot with the chief of the customs.
Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad

Almost under his very eyes, the mutiny had been hatched and had grown to a head.
Extract from : « The New Land » by Elma Ehrlich Levinger

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