hatchhatch1 /hætʃ/ ●○○ verb science, biology 
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[intransitive, transitive] if an egg hatches or is hatched, it breaks and a baby bird, fish, or insect is born2[intransitive] also hatch out to break through an egg in order to be born
1 [intransitive, transitive] if an egg hatches or is hatched, it breaks and a baby bird, fish, or insect is born2[intransitive] also hatch out to break through an egg in order to be born
