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1. (v.t.) incubate
to sit on (eggs) for the purpose of hatching.
2. incubate
to hatch (eggs), as by sitting on them or by artificial heat.
3. incubate
to maintain at a favorable temperature and in other conditions promoting development, as prematurely born infants.
4. incubate
to develop or produce as if by hatching:
pranksters incubating new schemes.
5. (v.i.) incubate
to sit on eggs.
6. incubate
to undergo incubation.
Etymology: (1635–45; < L incubātus, ptp. of incubāre to lie or recline on, sit on (eggs) =in-in -2+cubāre to lie down)
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| Definition of 'incubate' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) incubate
grow under conditions that promote development
2. (verb) brood, hatch, cover, incubate
sit on (eggs)
"Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs"
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| Definition of 'incubate' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. incubate
to sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon, or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching
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Sense: to produce (young birds) from eggs by sitting on them or by keeping them warm by some other means.
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 Afrikaans: uitbroei |
 Arabic: يُفَرِّخ |
 Bulgarian: мътя |
 Brazilian: incubar |
 Czech: sedět na vejcích; líhnout |
 German: ausbrüten |
 Danish: udruge |
 Greek: κλωσσώ |
 Spanish: incubar |
 Estonian: hauduma |
 Farsi: روی تخم خوابیدن؛ جوجه آور |
 Finnish: hautoa |
 French: couver |
 Hebrew: לִדגוֹר |
 Hindi: अंडे इत्यादि को किसी अन्य |
 Croatian: izleći |
 Hungarian: (ki)költ |
 Indonesian: mengerami |
 Icelandic: liggjaá; unga út |
 Italian: covare, incubare |
 Japanese: 卵をかえす |
 Korean: 알을 품다 |
 Lithuanian: (iš)perėti, perinti |
 Latvian: perēt |
 Malay: mengeram |
 Dutch: uitbroeden |
 Norwegian: ruge ut |
 Polish: wysiadywać, wylęgać |
 Persian: روی تخم خوابیدن؛ جوجه آور |
 Pashto: چوچه کی په دنیا راورل |
 Portuguese: incubar |
 Romanian: a cloci |
 Russian: высиживать, выводить |
 Slovak: vysedieť; umelo (vy)liahn |
 Slovenian: valiti |
 Serbian: ležati na jajima |
 Swedish: ruva på, kläcka |
 Thai: ฟักไข่ |
 Turkish: kuluçkaya yatmak |
 Taiwanese: 孵卵 |
 Ukrainian: висиджувати; сидіти на яй |
 Urdu: انڈوں پر بٹھانا یا مصنوعی |
 Vietnamese: ấp trứng |
 Chinese: 孵卵 |
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