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You know, I had the music baskets and the writing basket. And I had the acting. And those eggs just hatched first, and the others were slow to incubate.
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Meaning of "incubate" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD INCUBATE

From Latin incubāre to lie upon, hatch, from in-² + cubāre to lie down.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF INCUBATE

incubate  [ˈɪnkjʊˌbeɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INCUBATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Incubate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb incubate in English.

WHAT DOES INCUBATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of incubate in the English dictionary

The first definition of incubate in the dictionary is to supply with heat for their development, esp by sitting on them. Other definition of incubate is to cause to develop, esp in an incubator or culture medium. Incubate is also to develop in favourable conditions, esp in an incubator.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO INCUBATE

PRESENT

Present
I incubate
you incubate
he/she/it incubates
we incubate
you incubate
they incubate
Present continuous
I am incubating
you are incubating
he/she/it is incubating
we are incubating
you are incubating
they are incubating
Present perfect
I have incubated
you have incubated
he/she/it has incubated
we have incubated
you have incubated
they have incubated
Present perfect continuous
I have been incubating
you have been incubating
he/she/it has been incubating
we have been incubating
you have been incubating
they have been incubating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I incubated
you incubated
he/she/it incubated
we incubated
you incubated
they incubated
Past continuous
I was incubating
you were incubating
he/she/it was incubating
we were incubating
you were incubating
they were incubating
Past perfect
I had incubated
you had incubated
he/she/it had incubated
we had incubated
you had incubated
they had incubated
Past perfect continuous
I had been incubating
you had been incubating
he/she/it had been incubating
we had been incubating
you had been incubating
they had been incubating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will incubate
you will incubate
he/she/it will incubate
we will incubate
you will incubate
they will incubate
Future continuous
I will be incubating
you will be incubating
he/she/it will be incubating
we will be incubating
you will be incubating
they will be incubating
Future perfect
I will have incubated
you will have incubated
he/she/it will have incubated
we will have incubated
you will have incubated
they will have incubated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been incubating
you will have been incubating
he/she/it will have been incubating
we will have been incubating
you will have been incubating
they will have been incubating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would incubate
you would incubate
he/she/it would incubate
we would incubate
you would incubate
they would incubate
Conditional continuous
I would be incubating
you would be incubating
he/she/it would be incubating
we would be incubating
you would be incubating
they would be incubating
Conditional perfect
I would have incubate
you would have incubate
he/she/it would have incubate
we would have incubate
you would have incubate
they would have incubate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been incubating
you would have been incubating
he/she/it would have been incubating
we would have been incubating
you would have been incubating
they would have been incubating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you incubate
we let´s incubate
you incubate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to incubate
Past participle
incubated
Present Participle
incubating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INCUBATE


acerbate
ˈæsəˌbeɪt
approbate
ˈæprəˌbeɪt
bilobate
baɪˈləʊˌbeɪt
cohobate
ˈkəʊhəʊˌbeɪt
conglobate
ˈkɒŋɡləʊˌbeɪt
exacerbate
ɪɡˈzæsəˌbeɪt
extubate
ˈɛkstjuːˌbeɪt
groundbait
ˈɡraʊndˌbeɪt
intubate
ˈɪntjʊˌbeɪt
jailbait
ˈdʒeɪlˌbeɪt
masturbate
ˈmæstəˌbeɪt
niobate
ˈnaɪəʊˌbeɪt
perturbate
pəˈtɜːˌbeɪt
plumbate
ˈplʌmˌbeɪt
reprobate
ˈrɛprəʊˌbeɪt
sorbate
ˈsɔːˌbeɪt
stereobate
ˈstɛrɪəʊˌbeɪt
stylobate
ˈstaɪləˌbeɪt
titubate
ˈtɪtjʊˌbeɪt
whitebait
ˈwaɪtˌbeɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INCUBATE

incrustation
incubation
incubation period
incubational
incubative
incubator
incubatory
incubi
incubous
incubus
incudal
incudate
incudes
inculcate
inculcation
inculcative
inculcator
inculcatory
inculpability
inculpable

WORDS THAT END LIKE INCUBATE

abate
absorbate
adjournment debate
adsorbate
ascorbate
barbate
bate
celibate
debate
erythorbate
grant of probate
jubate
lobate
Masbate
polysorbate
probate
rebate
rent rebate
tax rebate
tubate

Synonyms and antonyms of incubate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «incubate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INCUBATE

Find out the translation of incubate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of incubate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «incubate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

incubar
570 millions of speakers

English

incubate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सेते
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

احتضان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

инкубировать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

incubar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ডিমে বসা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

couver
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Incubate
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ausbrüten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

>温める
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

알을 품다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Incubate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ấp trứng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அடைகாக்கத்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सेवन करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tasarlamak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

covare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

inkubować
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

інкубувати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

se incubează
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επώαση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

broei
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

inkubera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ruge
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of incubate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INCUBATE»

The term «incubate» is regularly used and occupies the 69.131 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INCUBATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «incubate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «incubate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about incubate

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QUOTES WITH «INCUBATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word incubate.
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Laura Bell Bundy
You know, I had the music baskets and the writing basket. And I had the acting. And those eggs just hatched first, and the others were slow to incubate.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INCUBATE»

Discover the use of incubate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to incubate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Embryonic Stem Cells: Methods and Protocols
Incubate on ice for 20 min. 3. Pellet the bacteria again by centrifuging at 1000g for 8 min at 4°C, and gently resuspend in 4 mL of TFB solution. Add 140 μL of DMF and mix gently. Incubate on ice for 5 min. 4. Add 140 μL of 2.25 M DTT in 40  ...
Kursad Turksen, 2002
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PCR Protocols
Incubate tissue for 30–60 min in 90% ETOH. Incubate tissue for 30–60 min in 96 % ETOH. Incubate tissue for 30–60 min in 100% ETOH. Incubate tissue for 30–60 min in 100% ETOH. Incubate tissue for 60 min in xylene 100% ETOH (11).
John M. S. Bartlett, David Stirling, 2003
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Genomics Protocols
1 Rinse 5000/5000 μL 2 SetMultCon ×1000001 3 Incubate 2h 150 B-SAMPLE_A 4 SetMultCon ×1000001 5 Incubate 16 h 150 Probe-SAMPLE_A 6 SetMultCon × 0000000 7 Incubate 0 min 125 B-SAMPLE_A 8 Aliquot 125 G-SAMPLE_A 9 ...
Michael P. Starkey, Ramnath Elaswarapu, 2001
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Cell Biology
Incubate the mixture for 2h or overnight at 50°C. Gel purify each digestion on a 1 % agarose gel using a Qiagen gel extraction kit. 5. Ligation into vector. Combine 5ml SfiI digested vector, 10ml scFv library, 4ml 5X ligase buffer, and 1ml T4 DNA  ...
Julio E. Celis, 2005
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Environmental Genomics
Name Param 1 SetTempReg T0(OFF) 2 Rinse 5000 / 5000 ul 3 Aliquot 100 C- SAMPLE 4 Wait 5 min 5 Incubate 20 min 125 C-SAMPLE 6 SetTempReg T2 ( HIGH) 7 Incubate 90 min 140 C-SAMPLE 8 Incubate 14 h 150 Probe-SAMPLE 9  ...
C. Cristofre Martin, 2008
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Microbial Limit and Bioburden Tests: Validation Approaches ...
Lactose + TSB Sample Preparation (1:10 sample dilution; 11g into 99mL TSB) TAMC TYMC Pipet 1mL in duplicate Pipet 1mL in duplicate SCD SCD SDA SDA Incubate plates at 30–35°C for 3 to 5 days Incubate plates at 20–25°C for 5 to 7 ...
Lucia Clontz, 2008
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The New Australian Parakeet Handbook
Sometimes a particular hen will lay a clutch of eggs and then fail to incubate them . There can be many reasons for this — inadequate diet and/or accommodations being at the top of the list. Unfortunately, even in the most efficiently run aviaries ...
Matthew M. Vriends, 1992
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Bancroft's Theory and Practice of Histological ...
Incubate with post primary block for 30 minutes. 9. Wash slides in TBS. 10. Incubate with Novolink polymer for 30 minutes. 11. Wash slides in TBS. 12. Incubate in freshly prepared DAB solution for 10 minutes. 13. Rinse in TBS and transfer to ...
Kim S Suvarna, S. Kim Suvarna, Christopher Layton, 2013
9
Agrobacterium Protocols Volume 2
Incubate a single colony of Agrobacterium containing a binary vector with a plant selectable marker gene for kanamycin resistance overnight at 28°C with shaking in 50 mL of modified MG/L medium with rifampicine 25 μg/mL and kanamycin ...
Kan Wang, 2006
10
Hepatitis B and D Protocols: Immunology, Model Systems, and ...
Incubate at RT for 30 min. 3. Wash wells three times with 300 L of pure water. 4. Add 100 L serum samples diluted 1:20 in blocking buffer to wells. Also include two negative controls (normal mouse serum diluted 1:20 in blocking buffer) and ...
Robert K.. Hamatake, Johnson Y.N.. Lau, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INCUBATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term incubate is used in the context of the following news items.
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WVU Children's Hospital Continues to Affect the Lives of One Loc …
... that in the operating room that they wouldn't even have any instruments small enough to incubate them to help them breathe," Sheena says. «WTRF, Jul 15»
2
200 Southeast First Building | Downtown Miami | Integra
Tenants of the 141,682-square-foot tower include Incubate, Digiport, Level 3 Communications, Cogent Communications and Brand Institute, Inc ... «The Real Deal South Florida, Jul 15»
3
On Educating for Peace, and Banning ALL Nukes | John Bredin
To help incubate a new politics of peace, though, a think tank co-founded by intellectuals Michael Lerner and Cornel West called the "Network ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
4
Hack for Diversity and Social Justice kicks off tomorrow - Technical.ly
Cash rewards aren't available at this hackathon, but winning teams will get access to people who can help incubate the ideas that are ... «Technical.ly Baltimore, Jul 15»
5
Nature Scenes: Crested caracara is a bird of prey that dines mainly …
The female lays two or three eggs annually, and both parents incubate them for a month. Once hatched, the chicks stay in the nest for about ... «The DeLand-Deltona Beacon, Jul 15»
6
Evaluate Business Schools Like a Business - Wilson County News
Business schools incubate start-ups, produce industry changing research, and educate the next generation of business leaders. But programs ... «Wilson County News, Jul 15»
7
Frost Capital, Symantec Launch Incubator | Orange County …
The plan is to incubate as many as 10 companies per year to deliver advanced cyber security analytics to stymie a growing movement among ... «Orange County Business Journal, Jul 15»
8
I Was Going to Quit Theater: A Short Conversation with Urinetown …
But one thing the Capital Fringe Festival has not done in the last decade is incubate a show that goes on to have a long commercial afterlife. «Washington City Paper, Jul 15»
9
3 ways to accelerate and incubate in Iran
The Iran startup scene has gone through a quiet, yet powerful, transformation over the past year. Despite slow internet, failing infrastructure and ... «Wamda, Jul 15»
10
Gentoo penguin chicks hatch at Edinburgh Zoo - The Scotsman
Female Gentoos will tend to lay up to two eggs, which both the male and female will incubate for between 30 - 40 days. The Gentoo chicks ... «Scotsman, Jul 15»

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