Definitions for incubate

• Definition
• Anagrams (304)

incubate in·cu·bate

Spelling: [in-kyuh-beyt, ing-]

IPA: /ˈɪn kyəˌbeɪt, ˈɪŋ-/

Incubate is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 304 anagrams from letters in incubate (abceintu).

Definitions for incubate

verb (used with object)

1. to sit upon (eggs) for the purpose of hatching.
2. to hatch (eggs), as by sitting upon them or by artificial heat.
3. to maintain at a favorable temperature and in other conditions promoting development, as cultures of bacteria or prematurely born infants.
4. to develop or produce as if by hatching; give form to:

verb (used without object)

1. to sit upon eggs.
2. to undergo incubation.
3. to develop; grow; take form:

Origin of incubate

1635-45; 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

Examples for incubate

Pour plates from the agar tubes; label, and incubate at 37° C.

These are covered with sand or leaves, and left for the sun to incubate.

Texas may be a testing ground, but it is in Silicon Valley that ideas germinate and incubate.

Koch helped kill one species of Democratic politics and incubate another.

incubate the cultivations and examine carefully from day to day.

They employ and fund researchers, incubate and test new technologies relating to energy storage, production and carbon capture.

Earwigs lay their eggs, and then incubate them after the manner of the hen.

She would accept but eight eggs, and was left to incubate in peace.

There are also American cuckoos that build their own nest and incubate their own eggs.

In another study, “one man reported that he felt compelled to incubate and help hatch out a clutch of bantam chickens.”