Betydelse av incubate på svenska

• 0 When a bird, etc. incubates its eggs, it keeps them warm until the young come out, and when eggs incubate, they develop to the stage at which the young come out:

  • The female bird incubates the eggs for about 16 days.

• 1 When harmful bacteria or viruses incubate, or when a person or animal incubates them, they increase in size or number in the person's or animal's body but do not yet produce the effects of disease.

• 2 to keep something warm, causing it to develop, esp. to keep eggs warm until the young are born:

  • Condors incubate only one egg and raise one chick at a time.

  • Lyme disease is caused by bacteria that incubate in forest animals, such as mice.