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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•cu•bate /ˈɪnkyəˌbeɪt, ˈɪŋ-/USA pronunciation v., -bat•ed, -bat•ing. - Zoology to sit on (eggs) for hatching:[~ + object]The bird incubated its eggs.
- Zoologyto (cause eggs to) hatch, as by artificial heat: [~ + object]incubated the eggs by warming them.[no object]The eggs were incubating in that warm environment.
- [~ + object] to keep in a favorable condition to promote development, as for prematurely born infants.
in•cu•ba•tion /ˌɪnkyəˈbeɪʃən, ˌɪŋ-/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]That disease has a long incubation period. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•cu•bate (in′kyə bāt′, ing′-),USA pronunciation v., -bat•ed, -bat•ing. v.t. - Zoologyto sit upon (eggs) for the purpose of hatching.
- Zoologyto hatch (eggs), as by sitting upon them or by artificial heat.
- to maintain at a favorable temperature and in other conditions promoting development, as cultures of bacteria or prematurely born infants.
- to develop or produce as if by hatching;
give form to:His brain was incubating schemes for raising money.
v.i. - Zoologyto sit upon eggs.
- to undergo incubation.
- to develop;
grow;
take form:A plan was slowly incubating in her mind.
- Latin incubātus past participle of incubāre to lie or recline on, to sit on (eggs), equivalent. to in- in-2 + cub(āre) to sit, lie down + -ātus -ate1; compare incumbent, concubine
- 1635–45
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