incubate

Verb

Meaning

To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon, or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

hatch cover brood muse produce bear develop contract covered fashion expand extend covering sit breed
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Antonyms

fetter give appear coach cripple block
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Hypernyms

procreate develop reproduce multiply

Derivatives

incubated incubating

Anagrams

cubanite

Examples

Birds brood Source: Internet

The female covers the eggs Source: Internet

After they lay their eggs, females typically incubate them until they hatch. Source: Internet

Broodiness Under natural conditions, most birds lay only until a clutch is complete, and they will then incubate all the eggs. Source: Internet

Early availability of high-speed Internet in 1996, as well as the MSU, Cooley Law School, and Lansing Community College student body population, fostered an intellectual environment for information technology companies to incubate. Source: Internet

According to their Facebook manifesto, they want to “incubate the professional brewers and craft beer brands of tomorrow through collaborative endeavors across the amateur and professional brewing spectrum.” Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

incrustment incrystallizable incuba incubatee incubation incubation period