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(ɪnkjʊbeɪt)

Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense incubates, present participle incubating, past tense, past participle incubated

1. verb

When birds incubate their eggs, they keep the eggs warm until the baby birds come out.

The birds returned to their nests and continued to incubate the eggs. [VERB noun]

[Also VERB]

incubation (ɪnkjʊbeɪʃən) uncountable noun

Male albatrosses share in the incubation of eggs. [+ of]

2. verb

When a germ in your body incubates or is incubated, it develops for a period of time before it starts making you feel ill.

The virus can incubate for up to ten days after the initial infection. [VERB]

[Also VERB noun]

incubation uncountable noun [usually NOUN noun]

The illness has an incubation period of up to 11 days.

3. verb

If you say that plans or ideas incubate, you mean that they develop slowly after a lot of thought or discussion.

...the fateful decision which had doubtless been incubating in his mind for years. [VERB]

incubate in British English

(ˈɪnkjʊˌbeɪt)

verb

(of birds) to supply (eggs) with heat for their development, esp by sitting on them

to cause (eggs, embryos, bacteria, etc) to develop, esp in an incubator or culture medium

3. (intransitive)

(of eggs, embryos, bacteria, etc) to develop in favourable conditions, esp in an incubator

4. (intransitive)

(of disease germs) to remain inactive in an animal or human before causing disease

to develop or cause to develop gradually; foment or be fomented

Derived forms

incubation (ˌincuˈbation)

noun

incubational (ˌincuˈbational)

adjective

incubative (ˈincuˌbative) or incubatory (ˈincuˌbatory)

adjective

Word origin

C18: from Latin incubāre to lie upon, hatch, from in-2 + cubāre to lie down

incubate in American English

(ˈɪnkjəˌbeɪt; ˈɪŋkjuˌbeɪt)

verb transitiveWord forms: ˈincuˌbated or ˈincuˌbating

to sit on and hatch (eggs)

to keep (eggs, embryos, bacteria, etc.) in a favorable environment for hatching or developing

to cause to develop or take form, as by thought or planning

verb intransitive

to go through the process of incubation

to develop or take form, esp. gradually

Word origin

< L incubatus, pp. of incubare, to lie in or upon < in-, in-1 + cubare, to lie: see cube1

Examples of 'incubate' in a sentence
incubate

Dace's noble plan was to steal the eggs from the nest and take them somewhere warmer, where they could incubate safely.More than a dozen large eggs were arrayed around the pool, close enough to incubate, but not so close as to cook the young.

In other languages
incubate

British English: incubate VERB

When birds incubate their eggs, they keep the eggs warm until the baby birds come out.

The birds returned to their nests and continued to incubate the eggs.

American English: incubate
Brazilian Portuguese: incubar
Chinese: 孵蛋
European Spanish: incubar
French: couver
German: ausbrüten
Italian: covare
Japanese: >温める鳥が卵を
Korean: 알을 품다
European Portuguese: incubar
Latin American Spanish: incubar

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释义	Trends of incubate View usage for: incubate (ɪnkjʊbeɪt) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense incubates, present participle incubating, past tense, past participle incubated 1. verb When birds incubate their eggs, they keep the eggs warm until the baby birds come out. The birds returned to their nests and continued to incubate the eggs. [VERB noun] [Also VERB] incubation (ɪnkjʊbeɪʃən) uncountable noun Male albatrosses share in the incubation of eggs. [+ of] 2. verb When a germ in your body incubates or is incubated, it develops for a period of time before it starts making you feel ill. The virus can incubate for up to ten days after the initial infection. [VERB] [Also VERB noun] incubation uncountable noun [usually NOUN noun] The illness has an incubation period of up to 11 days. 3. verb If you say that plans or ideas incubate, you mean that they develop slowly after a lot of thought or discussion. ...the fateful decision which had doubtless been incubating in his mind for years. [VERB] incubate in British English (ˈɪnkjʊˌbeɪt) verb 1. (of birds) to supply (eggs) with heat for their development, esp by sitting on them 2. to cause (eggs, embryos, bacteria, etc) to develop, esp in an incubator or culture medium 3. (intransitive) (of eggs, embryos, bacteria, etc) to develop in favourable conditions, esp in an incubator 4. (intransitive) (of disease germs) to remain inactive in an animal or human before causing disease 5. to develop or cause to develop gradually; foment or be fomented Derived forms incubation (ˌincuˈbation) noun incubational (ˌincuˈbational) adjective incubative (ˈincuˌbative) or incubatory (ˈincuˌbatory) adjective Word origin C18: from Latin incubāre to lie upon, hatch, from in-2 + cubāre to lie down incubate in American English (ˈɪnkjəˌbeɪt; ˈɪŋkjuˌbeɪt) verb transitiveWord forms: ˈincuˌbated or ˈincuˌbating 1. to sit on and hatch (eggs) 2. to keep (eggs, embryos, bacteria, etc.) in a favorable environment for hatching or developing 3. to cause to develop or take form, as by thought or planning verb intransitive 4. to go through the process of incubation 5. to develop or take form, esp. gradually Word origin < L incubatus, pp. of incubare, to lie in or upon < in-, in-1 + cubare, to lie: see cube1 Examples of 'incubate' in a sentence incubate Dace's noble plan was to steal the eggs from the nest and take them somewhere warmer, where they could incubate safely. Jennifer Fallon TREASON KEEP (2001) More than a dozen large eggs were arrayed around the pool, close enough to incubate, but not so close as to cook the young. Raymond E. Feist RISE OF A MERCHANT PRINCE: BOOK TWO OF THE SERPENTWAR SAGA (2001) In other languages incubate British English: incubate VERB When birds incubate their eggs, they keep the eggs warm until the baby birds come out. The birds returned to their nests and continued to incubate the eggs. American English: incubate Brazilian Portuguese: incubar Chinese: 孵蛋 European Spanish: incubar French: couver German: ausbrüten Italian: covare Japanese: >温める鳥が卵を Korean: 알을 품다 European Portuguese: incubar Latin American Spanish: incubar
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