incubate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: incubate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for incubate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
incubate v grow under conditions that promote development sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs" Synonym(s): brood, hatch, cover, incubate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Incubate \In"cu*bate\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Incubated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Incubating}.] [L. incubatus, p. p. incubare to lie on; pref. in- in, on + cubare to lie down. Cf. {Cubit}, {Incumbent}.] To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon, or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching.