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HATCHED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of hatch 2. to (cause an egg to) break in order to allow a young…. Learn more.
The eggs hatched after eight days under favourable conditions, such as those under which the female was kept; they did not hatch in the cold.
Define hatched. hatched synonyms, hatched pronunciation, hatched translation, English dictionary definition of hatched. n. 1. a. An opening, as in the deck of a ship, in the roof or floor of a building, or in an aircraft. b. The cover for such an opening. c. A hatchway. 2.
Definition of hatch verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
hatch: [noun] a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship).
1. to cause (the young of various animals, esp birds) to emerge from the egg or (of young birds, etc) to emerge from the egg. 2. to cause (eggs) to break and release the fully developed young or (of eggs) to break and release the young animal within.
A bird such as a hen that sits on eggs to incubate them can be said to hatch the eggs. Then, when the chick emerges from the egg, you can also say it hatched. Humans don't hatch eggs like birds do, but they can still incubate and then hatch a plan, invention, or idea.
