incubate
To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision…To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions.
» The sun incubated the tortoise eggs.
Meaning
2 senses(transitive)To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions.
ausbrüten
(figuratively, transitive)To incubate metaphorically; to ponder an idea slowly and deliberately as if in preparation for hatching it.
- grow under conditions that promote development
- sit on (eggs)
Examples
10 sentencesThe sun incubated the tortoise eggs.
You will have to incubate the eggs artificially.
ruВам придётся инкубировать яйца искусственно. — astru
You should incubate your bacterial culture at 37 degrees.
The eggs are incubating under the mother bird.
The hens incubate her eggs untill they hatch.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
First attested in 1641; borrowed from Latin incubātus, an alternative to incubitus, perfecFirst attested in 1641; borrowed from Latin incubātus, an alternative to incubitus, perfect passive participle of incubō (“to hatch”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + cubō (“to lie”).
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Forms
incubates, incubating, incubated, incubatedSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle