"incubate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈɪŋkjʊbeɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-incubate.wav Forms: incubates [present, singular, third-person], incubating [participle, present], incubated [participle, past], incubated [past]
Etymology: From Latin incubātus, past participle of incubō (“to hatch”), from in- (“on”) + cubō (“to lie”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱewb-}}, {{bor|en|la|incubātus}} Latin incubātus Head templates: {{en-verb}} incubate (third-person singular simple present incubates, present participle incubating, simple past and past participle incubated)
  1. (transitive) To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions. Tags: transitive Translations (brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue): cobar (Aragonese), encobar (Aragonese), pahimsa (Bikol Central), развъждам (razvǎždam) (Bulgarian), мътя (mǎtja) (Bulgarian), covar (Catalan), incubar (Catalan), 孵化 (fūhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), hautoa (Finnish), incuber (French), incubar (Galician), דָּגַר (dagár) (Hebrew), gor (Irish), pēhi (Maori), incubar (Portuguese), guir (Scottish Gaelic), incubar (Spanish), ฟัก (fák) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-incubate-en-verb-5Vw9A184 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Aragonese translations, Terms with Bikol Central translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Thai translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Aragonese translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Bikol Central translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of 'brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue': 98 2
  2. (transitive, figurative) To incubate metaphorically; to ponder an idea slowly and deliberately as if in preparation for hatching it. Tags: figuratively, transitive Translations (incubate metaphorically): измътвам (izmǎtvam) (Bulgarian), 潜伏 (qiánfú) (Chinese Mandarin), hautoa [figuratively] (Finnish), pohtia (Finnish), guir (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-incubate-en-verb-9eZLZrMq Disambiguation of 'incubate metaphorically': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: incubatee, incubation, incubative, incubator, preincubate

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} incubate
  1. inflection of incubare:
    second-person plural present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, plural, present, second-person Form of: incubare
    Sense id: en-incubate-it-verb-FiPtPO0F Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 33 4 54 6 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 2 60 4 2 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 85 11 4
  2. inflection of incubare:
    second-person plural imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, plural, second-person Form of: incubare
    Sense id: en-incubate-it-verb-4SnFdYZU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|past participle form|g=f-p}} incubate f pl
  1. feminine plural of incubato Tags: feminine, form-of, participle, plural Form of: incubato
    Sense id: en-incubate-it-verb-W5rt~BAt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [Latin]

Forms: incubāte [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=incubāte}} incubāte
  1. second-person plural present active imperative of incubō Tags: active, form-of, imperative, plural, present, second-person Form of: incubō
    Sense id: en-incubate-la-verb-p2lw~BN6 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Verb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} incubate
  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of incubar combined with te Tags: form-of, imperative, object-second-person, object-singular, second-person, singular, with-voseo Form of: incubar
    Sense id: en-incubate-es-verb-VdEbCbbO Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "The places where the birds are nesting are interesting spots to visit. Both parents incubate and the scene is animated as the birds fly about in all directions.",
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          "ref": "1975, Catherine Marshall, Adventures in Prayer, New York: Ballantine Books, page 46:",
          "text": "Part of our problem in praying for our children, he suggested, is the time lage, the necessary slow maturation of our prayers. But that's the way of God's rhythm in nature. For instance, the hen must patiently sit on her eggs to incubate them before the baby chicks hatch.",
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          "ref": "2004, A. J. Jacobs, The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World, New York: Simon & Schuster, page 50:",
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          "ref": "1992, Sheila Davis, The Songwriters Idea Book: 40 Strategies to Excite Your Imagination, Help You Design Distinctive Songs, and Keep Your Creative Flow, Cincinnati: Writer's Digest Books, page 96:",
          "text": "When you've got your theme–let the concept incubate. Walk around with it, sleep on it.",
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    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
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    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
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          "ref": "1907, “Nesting Habits of the Passenger Pigeon”, in W. B. Mershon, editor, The Passenger Pigeon:",
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          "ref": "1975, Catherine Marshall, Adventures in Prayer, New York: Ballantine Books, page 46:",
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        {
          "ref": "2004, A. J. Jacobs, The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World, New York: Simon & Schuster, page 50:",
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          "text": "It was a habit he developed, of incubating and maturing his thought upon a subject, and of then rushing into the type-writer with it.",
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        {
          "ref": "1992, Sheila Davis, The Songwriters Idea Book: 40 Strategies to Excite Your Imagination, Help You Design Distinctive Songs, and Keep Your Creative Flow, Cincinnati: Writer's Digest Books, page 96:",
          "text": "When you've got your theme–let the concept incubate. Walk around with it, sleep on it.",
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      "sense": "brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue",
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      "sense": "brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue",
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      "word": "incubar"
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      "word": "潜伏"
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