Synonyms

hatching

American

[hach-ing] / ˈhætʃ ɪŋ /

noun

First recorded in 1655–65; hatch ³ + -ing ¹

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They are forever setting on nests hatching out chicks, brooding and clucking and attacking anything that comes close.

From Literature

Product designers are hatching new ways to rouse them that border on diabolical.

From The Wall Street Journal

Even so, Jeremy whispered the hatching poem to himself as he crawled into bed, repeating it until he was sure he had it memorized.

From Literature

Finally, in 2025, hope returned with the hatching of three eaglets.

From Los Angeles Times

They count the larval webs or nests that the caterpillars group together to form after hatching from eggs laid on Devil's-bit Scabious.

From BBC

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