hatches 1 of 2

noun

plural of hatch
as in doors
a barrier by which an entry is closed and opened watertight hatches provided access through the ship's bulkheads

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hatches

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verb

present tense third-person singular of hatch
as in spawns
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 hatches
Noun
The mill is also seeing an uptick in demand for cross hatches and mid-tier stretch. — Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 3 Aug. 2026 Livestream coverage will continue when the spacecraft prepares to dock at the space station, and when the hatches are opened between the Soyuz and the outpost so the astronauts can exit the vehicle and step inside. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 14 July 2026 This kicks off a lengthy discourse about favorite fishing holes, epic hatches, and the head-scratching days where the fish seem to win. — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2026 Boaters must open hatches, inspect anchors and use high-temperature water to destroy any aquatic invasive species, officials said. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026 Canada defended well in the first half of the loss and tried to batten down the hatches, but ultimately gave up two quick goals due to minor errors at the back of the pitch. — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 25 June 2026 Batten down the hatches, chipmakers. — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 24 June 2026 When a mysterious egg hatches during a mission and the baby imprints on Ken, he's thrust into the role of parenting a newborn Gigantron. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 19 June 2026 The sensors require unobstructed fields of view, which can conflict with crew hatches, external stowage, and antenna mounts already present on legacy vehicles. — Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026
Verb
That detour plays into the hand of Mayor Humdinger who hatches a dirty rotten plan to mine the isle of its gem resources, a development that imperils all. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026 The egg hatches into a legless larva that consumes the paralyzed insect. — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026 When the whole family sets off on a cross-country road trip to take teen Katie Mitchell to college, a rogue AI hatches a plan to launch all humans into space, and only the Mitchells can stop it. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 24 July 2026 To win in that crowded and hot sector, SpaceX will need to go super-big on capex for data centers and R&D that hatches fresh enterprise products. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 23 May 2026 Trump’s obsession with gold has led his critics to compare him to the Bond villain Goldfinger, a bullion dealer who hatches a plan to irradiate the gold in Fort Knox in order to increase the value of his own supply. — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 4 May 2026 With time running out to beat Russia, NASA hatches an 11th-hour plan to replace a veteran astronaut (Duvall) with a civilian geologist (Caan) for a one-way moon trip using a modified Gemini spacecraft. — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 30 Mar. 2026 After successfully impersonating Sarah Kim as a customer in luxury shops across the city, Mi-jeong hatches a plan to kill Sarah Kim and take her place. — Kayti Burt, Time, 13 Feb. 2026 With her daughter back in Madrid waiting for a solid offer for the apartment, Maria hatches a plan. — G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hatches
  1. doors
  2. spawns
  3. sits
  4. broods
  5. lays
  6. sets
Noun
  • The luxury pods — complete with lie-flat beds and sliding privacy doors — could be entirely off-limits when departure day rolls around, sitting completely empty at 35,000 feet.
    — Edward Russell, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Fudd essentially went through a full pregame prep before the doors opened at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
    — James Boyd, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of doors
Verb
  • Molluscum is caused by a virus and spawns the pimple-like bumps.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 10 Aug. 2026
  • But the software wrapped around it reinserts the objective on every turn, stores progress to a file, spawns subagents, retries on failure, and keeps going until a verifier says the task is done.
    — Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of spawns
Verb
  • The Cohen Building's entrance sits near one of seven turns featured in the Grand Prix race course, Okin said.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Historic Natchez sits high above the Mississippi River, offering remote workers river views, historic architecture, and a relocation incentive for eligible homebuyers.
    — Meggen Harris, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of sits
Verb
  • Set in the evening, the scene broods as an unknown figure, only identifiable by his terrible Lego haircut and furry boots, stomps toward the Stallion Saloon.
    — Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 3 June 2026
  • Veteran model Eva Herzigova is pictured in a sculptural skirt suit, while Liu Wen broods in a puffy leather bomber jacket.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of broods
Verb
  • Alarm bells are sounding in Chicago as another family lays a child to rest after an electric scooter collision.
    — Narmeen Khan, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Instead, pack blazers, dress shirts, and anything with structure in a garment bag, which requires fewer folds and lays flat.
    — Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of lays
Verb
  • There is no California or federal law that sets a specific age for when a child can walk to or from school without an adult.
    — Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • In The Wrong Man (1956), Webber sets the story in motion as Miss Dennerly, an insurance clerk who mistakenly identifies musician Manny Balestrero (Henry Fonda) as a man who had robbed her office.
    — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of sets

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