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   hatch

   /hatʃ/

   verb

   • 1. (of an egg) open and produce a young animal: "eggs need to be put in a warm place to hatch"
   • ▪ incubate (an egg). Similar incubatebroodsit oncoverbring forth
   • ▪ (of a young bird, fish, or reptile) emerge from its egg: "ten little chicks hatched out"
   • ▪ cause (a young animal) to emerge from its egg: "our penguins were hatched and hand-reared here"
   • 2. conspire to devise (a plot or plan): "the little plot that you and Sylvia hatched up last night" Similar deviseconceivecontriveconcoctbrewinventplandesignformulatethink upmake updream uptrump upput togetherinformal:cook up

   noun

   • 1. a newly hatched brood: "a hatch of mayflies"

   Word Origin Middle Englishhacche; related to Swedish häcka and Danish hække.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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