Hatch
Part of speech: verb
Definition: (of young animals) To emerge from an egg. (of eggs) To break open when a young animal emerges from it. To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch. To devise. (hatch a plan) To shade an area of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines, particularly with lines which cross each other: cross-hatch.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling. A trapdoor. An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items. A small door in large mechanical structures and vehicles such as aircraft and spacecraft often provided for access for maintenance. A narrow passageway between the decks of a ship or submarine. A gullet. A group of birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time. (Often as Mayfly hatch) The phenomenon, lasting 1-2 days, of large clouds of mayflies appearing in one location (to mate, having reached maturity). As in the phrase "hatched, matched, and dispatched." A birth, the birth records (in the newspaper).
Example sentence: Of course I was delighted the flight was over, but I still had to worry about cleaning up inside the cabin, I had to worry about the hatch, how to get in the sling, and so on.
Incubate
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions.To incubate metaphorically; to ponder an idea slowly and deliberately as if in preparation for hatching it.