<p><strong>verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to bring forth (young) from the egg.</li><li>to cause young to emerge from (the egg) as by brooding or incubating.</li><li>to bring forth or produce; devise; invent; contrive; concoct: to hatch a scheme.</li></ul><p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act of hatching.</li><li>something that is hatched, as a brood.</li></ul>