Hatch

To hatch means to break out of an egg and come out as a baby animal, like a chick or a turtle. It's the moment when the baby starts its life outside the shell.

Examples

• The baby turtles will hatch from their eggs on the sandy beach, and then they will scurry towards the ocean, following the light of the moon.
• In our science class, we watched the eggs in the incubator carefully, waiting for the chicks to hatch and hoping to see them take their first breaths.
• When spring arrives, many birds build nests in the trees, and soon you can hear the cheerful chirping of the baby birds as they hatch.

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