Sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, to develop the life within, by any process.

(transitive) To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incubate

plural of incubation

simple past tense and past participle of incubate

present participle of incubate

(epidemiology) The time elapsed between an exposure to a pathogenic organism, a chemical or radiation, and the appearance of signs and symptoms.

Alternative form of preincubate

simple past tense and past participle of pre-incubate

present participle of pre-incubate