hatch
To close with a hatch or hatchesTo close with a hatch or hatches.
» Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.
Man soll den Tag nicht vor dem Abend loben. — al_ex_an_der
Verteile das Fell des Bären nicht, ehe er erlegt ist. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Man soll das Fell des Bären nicht verteilen, bevor er erlegt ist. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Schrei nicht juchhe, bis du über den Zaun bist! — Esperantostern
Цыплят по осени считают. — salikh
Не хвали дня до вечора. — hectorvk
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
7 senses(transitive)To close with a hatch or hatches.
(intransitive)To emerge from an egg.
These three chicks hatched yesterday morning.
schlüpfen
вылупля́тьсяvylupljátʹsja, вы́лупитьсяvýlupitʹsja
вилу́плюватисяvylúpljuvatysja, ви́лупитисяvýlupytysja
emerge from the eggs
(intransitive)To break open when a young animal emerges from it.
She was delighted when she heard the crackling sound of the eggs hatching.
ausschlüpfen
ло́патьсяlópatʹsja, ло́пнутьlópnutʹ
(transitive)To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.
I'm hatching this mysterious egg I found in the forest.
brüten, ausbrüten
выси́живатьvysíživatʹ, вы́сидетьvýsidetʹ, выводи́тьvyvodítʹ
sit on (eggs)
(transitive)To devise (a plot or scheme).
World domination was only one of the evil schemes he had hatched over the years.
ausbrüten, hecken
разраба́тыватьrazrabátyvatʹ, разрабо́татьrazrabótatʹ, замышля́тьzamyšljátʹ
devise or invent
(transitive)To shade an area of (a drawing, diagram, etc.) with fine parallel lines, or with lines which cross each other (crosshatch).
(obsolete, transitive)To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep.
Examples
104 sentencesDon't count your chickens before they're hatched.
Не хвали дня до вечора. — hectorvk
ruЦыплят по осени считают. — salikh
deMan soll den Tag nicht vor dem Abend loben. — al_ex_an_der
Tom tried to open the hatch.
The eggs are starting to hatch.
Tom helped me open the hatch.
We wondered if the eggs would hatch.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 4
By meaning 4
Origin
From Middle English hacche, hache, from Old English hæċ, from Proto-West Germanic *hakkjuFrom Middle English hacche, hache, from Old English hæċ, from Proto-West Germanic *hakkju (compare Dutch hek ‘gate, railing’, Low German Heck ‘pasture gate, farmyard gate’), variant of *haggju ‘hedge’. More at hedge.
From Middle English hacche, hacchen (“to propagate”), from Old English *hæċċan, āhaċċian (“to peck out; hatch”), from Proto-Germanic *hakjaną.
From Middle French hacher (“to chop, slice up, incise with fine lines”), from Old French hacher, hachier, from Frankish *hakōn, *hakkōn, from Proto-Germanic *hakkōną (“to chop; hack”). More at hack.
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Forms
hatches, hatching, hatched, hatchedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
8 synonymsWord family
14 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.