Contrived, concluded, or devised through careful planning or calculation
“The hatched scheme to overthrow the government involved intricate espionage and subterfuge.”
Having been caused or generated by (something)
To have been creative or imaginative
“He tells his brother what he has seen and together they hatch a plot to catch her.”
To have created or formed something
“Discoveries of faculty members and the investments of venture capitalists were combined to hatch a company that would preserve health or banish sickness.”
To have caused or brought about through action
Past tense for to keep an egg warm, allowing it to hatch
“The new film is about as entertaining as watching a chicken hatch her eggs.”
Past tense for to produce offspring, typically from eggs
“A broody hen will hatch a brood of chicks the way nature intended.”
Past tense for to shade or mark with parallel lines, or with lines that cross each other
“This makes perfect sense for learning to hatch with a pencil, so I set about practicing in slow-motion.”
Past tense for to obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated or intensive efforts
Past tense for to prepare something in advance
Past tense for to come from or have its origin from
Past tense for to come up with a false account or representation of something
Past tense for to darken or color with lines or a block of color
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