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 Having never been to Woodstock before the idea of the festival was first hatched, Blaustein, along with her then-husband, the late Laurent Rejto, created a film festival without any funds or fame. — Brent Lang, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2026 ChatGPT wasn’t hatched beneath a volcano to take over the world. — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026 The eight new additions to the gharial habitat make a total of 16 that have been hatched at the zoo since 2023. — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2026 He’s hatched comedies like Letterkenny, Shoresy and Children Ruin Everything. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026 Prior to the 2011-2012 nesting season, no bald eagle chicks were known to have ever hatched in Big Bear Valley. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2 Sep. 2026 Since 2004, over 80 zebra shark eggs have hatched at the Shedd, placing baby sharks at more than a dozen zoos and aquariums across the United States. — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026 The smokejumpers hatched a plan to appeal to Big Ernie’s perverse sense of humor. — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hatched
  1. spawned
  2. incubated
  3. laid
  4. sat
Verb
  • Gen Z Wants to Go Ghost, Not Girlboss That said, the characters do have to be worth clipping, and love him or hate him, Ryan Murphy has always had a knack for creating fictional people who feel bigger than whatever nonsensical story spawned them.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Luhring Augustine moved into the 3,500-square-foot space in September 2020, as galleries flooded the neighborhood, lured by the low rents spawned by the Covid-19 crisis.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of spawned
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  • His attempt at an answer is a new platform called PopZao, a website and WeChat mini program that Black Lake has incubated for two years.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • But the contemporary prediction market movement was largely incubated by George Mason University professor Robin Hanson and San Diego businessman Charles Polk beginning in the ’90s.
    — Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of incubated
Verb
  • Bel was finally laid to rest Saturday in this small southwestern Ohio city.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma 1/2 manga laid the groundwork for some of the genre's most enduring tropes (gender switching, horny old guys, tournaments), and this is the second anime adaptation, this time from Studio MAPPA.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 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 9 Oct. 2026.

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