Hatched can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.
Adjective |
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| hatched - shaded by means of fine parallel or crossed lines | ||
| hatched - emerged from an egg | ||
Verb |
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| hatch - emerge from the eggs; "young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch" | ||
| hatch - draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper; "hatch the sheet" | ||
| hatch - inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating | ||
| hatch - sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs" | ||
| hatch - devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software" |
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| 1. | verb | The hen hatched five eggs. | |
| 2. | verb | Are you counting your chickens before they are hatched? | |
| 3. | verb | Don't count your chickens before they are hatched. | |
| 4. | verb | The chicks hatched in April have also become 5 months old. Their bodies are about the same size as their parents, about the only difference is that the roosters have smaller crests than their father. | |
| 5. | verb | What should you feed killifish that have just hatched from their eggs? | |
| 6. | verb | The down of chicks that have just hatched is damp, but after two hours it dries out and becomes fluffy. | |
| 7. | verb | Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington. | |
| 8. | verb | I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington. It began in the backyards of Des Moines, and the living rooms of Concord, and the front porches of Charleston. It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to the cause. | |
| 9. | verb | People who count their chickens before they are hatched act very wisely because chickens run about so absurdly that it's impossible to count them accurately. | |
| 10. | verb | Do not count your chickens before they are hatched. | |
| 11. | verb | Don't count your chickens before they're hatched. | |
| 12. | verb | An enormous number of insects hatched this year, wreaking havoc on crops. | |
| 13. | verb | Sea turtles always return to the beach where they hatched. | |
| 14. | verb | "One egg is not hatched yet," said the duck. | |
| 15. | verb | One of these eggs hasn't hatched yet. |
| Sentence | |
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| verb | |
| The hen hatched five eggs. | |
| Are you counting your chickens before they are hatched? | |
| Don't count your chickens before they are hatched. | |
| The chicks hatched in April have also become 5 months old. Their bodies are about the same size as their parents, about the only difference is that the roosters have smaller crests than their father. | |
| What should you feed killifish that have just hatched from their eggs? | |
| The down of chicks that have just hatched is damp, but after two hours it dries out and becomes fluffy. | |
| Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington. | |
| I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington. It began in the backyards of Des Moines, and the living rooms of Concord, and the front porches of Charleston. It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to the cause. | |
| People who count their chickens before they are hatched act very wisely because chickens run about so absurdly that it's impossible to count them accurately. | |
| Do not count your chickens before they are hatched. | |
| Don't count your chickens before they're hatched. | |
| An enormous number of insects hatched this year, wreaking havoc on crops. | |
| Sea turtles always return to the beach where they hatched. | |
| "One egg is not hatched yet," said the duck. | |
| One of these eggs hasn't hatched yet. | |