Definition of hatch

"hatch" in the noun sense

1. hatch, hatching

the production of young from an egg

2. hatch, hatching, crosshatch, hachure

shading consisting of multiple crossing lines

3. hatchback, hatchback door, liftgate, hatch

a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open

4. hatch

a movable barrier covering a hatchway

"hatch" in the verb sense

1. hatch

emerge from the eggs

"young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch"

2. think up, think of, dream up, hatch, concoct

devise or invent

"He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"

"no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"

3. hatch

inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating

4. hatch

draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper

"hatch the sheet"

5. brood, hatch, cover, incubate

sit on (eggs

"Birds brood"

"The female covers the eggs"

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Quotations for hatch

Every bird must hatch its own ecro. [ Proverb ]

To love the door, and leave the hatch. [ Proverb ]

It is good to have a hatch before one's door. [ Proverb ]

Give thy thoughts no tongue,
Nor any unproportioned thought his act.
Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel;
But do not dull thy palm with entertainment
Of each new-hatch'd unfledged comrade. [ William Shakespeare, Hamlet ]

Words do sometimes fly from the tongue that the heart did neither hatch nor harbour. [ Feltham ]

hatch in Scrabble®

The word hatch is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 13

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hatch in Words With Friends™

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Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 12

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Words within the letters of hatch

2 letter words in hatch (4 words)

3 letter words in hatch (3 words)

4 letter words in hatch (2 words)

5 letter words in hatch (1 word)

hatch + 1 blank (2 words)

hatch + 2 blanks (5 words)

Word Growth involving hatch

Shorter words in hatch

at hat

ha hat

Longer words containing hatch

boobyhatch boobyhatches

crosshatch crosshatched

crosshatch crosshatcher crosshatchers

crosshatch crosshatches

crosshatch crosshatching

hatchback hatchbacks

hatcheck hatchecks

hatched crosshatched

hatched thatched dethatched

hatched thatched rethatched

hatched unhatched

hatcheries

hatchery

hatches boobyhatches

hatches crosshatches

hatches thatches dethatches

hatches thatches nuthatches

hatches thatches rethatches

hatchet hatchetfish hatchetfishes

hatchet hatchetlike

hatchet hatchets

hatching crosshatching

hatching hatchings

hatching thatching dethatching

hatching thatching rethatching

hatchling hatchlings

hatchway hatchways

thatch dethatch dethatched

thatch dethatch dethatcher dethatchers

thatch dethatch dethatches

thatch dethatch dethatching

thatch nuthatch nuthatches

thatch rethatch rethatched

thatch rethatch rethatches

thatch rethatch rethatching

thatch thatched dethatched

thatch thatched rethatched

thatch thatcher dethatcher dethatchers

thatch thatcher thatchers dethatchers

thatch thatches dethatches

thatch thatches nuthatches

thatch thatches rethatches

thatch thatching dethatching

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