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to incubate
01
to keep an egg in a favorable condition to help it develop until it hatches
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
incubate
3rd person singular
incubates
Present participle
incubating
Past simple
incubated
Past participle
incubated
Examples
The mother hen incubated her eggs in the cozy nest she had made.
02
grow under conditions that promote development
03
to have an infectious disease developing inside one's body without any perceptible signs
Transitive
04
(of a disease or virus) to develop gradually without showing any symptoms
Transitive
05
to retain something such as eggs or bacteria in a favorable condition to help them develop
Lexical Tree
incubation
incubator
incubate
