| 1. | to bring forth (young) from the egg. |
| 2. | to cause young to emerge from (the egg) as by brooding or incubating. |
| 3. | to bring forth or produce; devise; create; contrive; concoct: to hatch a scheme. |
| 4. | to be hatched. |
| 5. | to brood. |
| 6. | the act of hatching. |
| 7. | something that is hatched, as a brood. |
