Tra từ hatch - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

hatch [hatch hatches hatched hatching] verb, noun BrE [hætʃ] NAmE [hætʃ]
verb
1. intransitive ~ (out) (of a young bird, fish, insect, etc.)to come out of an egg
•Ten chicks hatched (out) this morning.
2. intransitive ~ (out) (of an egg)to break open so that a young bird, fish, insect, etc. can come out
•The eggs are about to hatch.
•How long do the eggs take to hatch?
3. transitive ~ sth to make a young bird, fish, insect, etc. come out of an egg
•The female must find a warm place to hatch her eggs.
4. transitive ~ sth (up) to create a plan or an idea, especially in secret
•Have you been hatching up a deal with her?
see Don't count your chickens (before they are hatched). at ↑count _v.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
n. Old English hæcc Germanic Dutch hek ‘paling, screen’ v. Middle English hacche Swedish häcka Danish hække

Collocations:
The living world
Animals
animals mate/breed/reproduce/feed (on sth)
fish/amphibians swim/spawn (= lay eggs)
birds fly/migrate/nest/sing
insects crawl/fly/bite/sting
insects/bees/locusts swarm
bees collect/gather nectar/pollen
spiders spin/weave a web
snakes/lizards shed their skins
bears/hedgehogs/frogs hibernate
insect larvae grow/develop/pupate
an egg/a chick/a larva hatches
attract/find/choose a mate
produce/release eggs/sperm
lay/fertilize/incubate/hatch eggs
inhabit a forest/a reef/the coast
mark/enter/defend (a) territory
stalk/hunt/capture/catch/kill prey
Plants and fungi
trees/plants grow/bloom/blossom/flower
a seed germinates/sprouts
leaves/buds/roots/shoots appear/develop/form
flower buds swell/open
a fungus grows/spreads/colonizes sth
pollinate/fertilize a flower/plant
produce/release/spread/disperse pollen/seeds/spores
produce/bear fruit
develop/grow/form roots/shoots/leaves
provide/supply/absorb/extract/release nutrients
perform/increase/reduce photosynthesis
Bacteria and viruses
bacteria/microbes/viruses grow/spread/multiply
bacteria/microbes live/thrive in/on sth
bacteria/microbes/viruses evolve/colonize sth/cause disease
bacteria break sth down/convert sth (into sth)
a virus enters/invades sth/the body
a virus mutates/evolves/replicates (itself)
be infected with/contaminated with/exposed to a new strain of a virus/drug-resistant bacteria
contain/carry/harbour (especially US) harbor bacteria/a virus
kill/destroy/eliminate harmful/deadly bacteria

Example Bank:
•The butterfly's eggs soon hatch into larvae.
•The chicks hatch out after two weeks.
•the newly hatched chicks
•Rebel MPs are hatching a secret plot to oust the prime minister.
Idiom: ↑down the hatch

noun
1. (also hatch·way)an opening or a door in the ↑deck of a ship or the bottom of an aircraft, through which goods to be carried are passed
2. an opening in a wall between two rooms, especially a kitchen and a ↑dining room, through which food can be passed
•a serving hatch
3. a door in an aircraft or a ↑spacecraft
•an escape hatch
4. an opening or a door in a floor or ceiling
•a hatch to the attic
more at batten down the hatches at ↑batten

Word Origin:
n. Old English hæcc Germanic Dutch hek ‘paling, screen’ v. Middle English hacche Swedish häcka Danish hække

Example Bank:
•Leave the hatch open.
•She lifted the hatch and slid it away from the opening.
•She opened the serving hatch and put the soup on the counter.
•The engineer was peering into the service hatch.
•They battened down the hatches and prepared for the storm.
•They got out through the escape hatch.
•a hatch between the kitchen and the dining room
•a hatch to the dining room
•Karen climbed through the hatch and disappeared from view.
•She returned her tray to the serving hatch.
•There's a hatch to the attic.

See also: ↑hatchway