1. to emerge from an egg by breaking the shell
2. to incubate and cause eggs to produce young animals
3. to devise or create a plan, especially secretly

1. an opening in a floor, ceiling, or roof that allows access between levels
2. a door or cover for such an opening
3. an opening in the deck or side of a ship
Usage: nautical

Examples

• The baby birds will hatch in about two weeks.
• The farmer uses an incubator to hatch chicken eggs.
• The prisoners hatched a plan to escape.
• He climbed through the hatch into the attic.
• Close the hatch before it starts raining.
• The sailors loaded cargo through the ship’s hatch.
• We watched the turtle eggs hatch on the beach.
• They hatched a scheme to surprise their friend.