Definition of "hatched" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of hatch. (verb)

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• "The time came for the ducks to appear, but not one of the eggs hatched, and it caused much merriment among the neighbors, and the man has never heard the last of _counting ducks before they are hatched_."
• "The Storm Prediction Center has what we call a hatched area, which means a pretty good chance of seeing some of that action later on today."
• "My first year out of university, my first experiences of financial independence, that sense of having finally hatched from the egg."