Associations to the word «Incubate»

Pictures for the word «Incubate»

Wiktionary

INCUBATE, verb. (transitive) To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions.
INCUBATE, verb. (transitive) To incubate metaphorically; to ponder an idea slowly and deliberately as if in preparation for hatching it.

Dictionary definition

INCUBATE, verb. Grow under conditions that promote development.
INCUBATE, verb. Sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs".

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis