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
After three to four days, the larva hatches and uses sharp mandibles to bore into the still-living tarantula. — Sean Donnelly, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2026 The retro looks didn’t hurt either, channeling the boxy hatches styled by Giorgetto Giugiaro in the 1970s and ’80s. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2026 But one Caribbean island sits largely outside the hurricane belt, offering sunshine and warm temperatures even while the rest of the Caribbean is battening down the hatches. — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2026 The mill is also seeing an uptick in demand for cross hatches and mid-tier stretch. — Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 3 Aug. 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
Verb
Piper hatches a scheme to reclaim what she’s lost, with the house’s ghostly inhabitant as her unlikely inhabitant. — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hatches
  1. doors
  2. spawns
  3. sits
  4. broods
  5. lays
  6. sets
Noun
  • Here’s what happened outside before the doors officially unlocked.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2026
  • On the aesthetic front, Vanadium Grey Metallic accents on the sideview-mirror covers, the wheels, the model-designation decals on the doors, and on the badge at the rear help distinguish the latest Carrera T from its siblings.
    — Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of doors
Verb
  • Slop spawns, and Waymo’s artificially intelligent cars hum into view like two-ton rolling Rorschach tests.
    — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Molluscum is caused by a virus and spawns the pimple-like bumps.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of spawns
Verb
  • The Tap on the Line (pictured above) is the only pub in the capital which sits directly on a tube station platform, and is one of the last remaining 19th-century stations.
    — Will Barker, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Nobody else sits between this many farmers and this many brands.
    — SJ Studio, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 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
  • Unlike Gregor Samsa who is confined to his room after transforming into a huge insect, the protagonist still has to go to work, a dark and bleak absurdity that lays bare the alienation, isolation, and hypocrisy of modern life.
    — Deadline, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026
  • This autumn’s training – split between UK waters and the eastern Atlantic – lays the groundwork for more complex workouts in 2027, including NATO’s Steadfast Defender.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of lays
Verb
  • That initial movement sets the direction of the snail’s shell coiling and the development of its internal anatomy.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Fundraising is a huge part of what sets the presidential candidates apart from one another.
    — Jacob Brogan, Vox, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of sets

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“Hatches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hatches. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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