hatched

verb

past tense of hatch
as in spawned
to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop the mallards and geese have begun hatching in their nests down by the pond

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Recent Examples of hatched But on an ordinary mission, Hawks discovers a bizarre magic plague, a secret plan hatched by the Separatist army, and a contract with Republic intelligence to take on jobs the army can’t do. — Hayes Madsen, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026 Kaydee hatched to eagle parents named Lucy and Ricky in 2022. — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 In 2018, two eaglets hatched in the nest; one of them, Stormy, survived winter storms and flew off to great fanfare. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026 Though the pirates and villagers celebrate the defeat of Wapol, One Piece season 2 ends with Luffy agreeing to help Princess Vivi, whose homeland of Alabasta is the target of a dangerous plot hatched by Baroque Works. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Aug. 2026 But then there’s Millie Bobby Brown, arguably the biggest female star Netflix has ever hatched. — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026 Blue and Flower hatched their first Gentoo chick, named Carla, in 2021, the aquarium said. — Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026 That's not uncommon in penguins; Roo, who hatched in 2025, had similar problems. — Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 19 Aug. 2026 The baby falcons hatched in early May after their falcon parents, Vixen and Dave, nested in a crevice on the second floor of the exterior of Aurora City Hall. — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hatched
  1. spawned
  2. incubated
  3. laid
  4. sat
Verb
  • Always negotiating between interior life and attention, Yayoi Kusama had a late fame that spawned long lines and an Instagrammable way of experiencing art.
    — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Their beacon also recorded the chain of parent processes that spawned each install, ultimately revealing that coding agents, including Claude, OpenAI’s Codex, and Nous Research’s Hermes, were involved.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of spawned
Verb
  • Tempo, the payments-specific chain, was incubated with Paradigm rather than acquired.
    — Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Google’s self-driving car project graduated from X to become Waymo, and Google Glass was likewise incubated there.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of incubated
Verb
  • The Eagles were, however, baldly ambitious from the start, a band that formed with the express mission of writing hits, getting famous, getting laid, getting rich.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The attack occurred a few hundred yards away from three homes to which settlers laid siege this month, drawing international condemnation and an Israeli military deployment that residents say has kept them effectively trapped in their homes.
    — Pesha Magid Reuters, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of laid
Verb
  • This fine establishment has sat at the same address in the Williamsburg Bridge's shadow since 1887, and the interiors carry about as many frills as your average public house—dark wood, plaster walls, and so on.
    — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The birthday boy and his big sister Sterling Skye, 3, each sat between one of their parents’ laps.
    — Angel Saunders, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of sat

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“Hatched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hatched. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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