incubate (3 synonym found)

Incubate has 3 synonyms. The top synonyms for incubate are hatch, cover, brood. Browse the full list below.

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What is a synonym for incubate?

A common synonym for incubate is hatch. Other synonyms include cover, brood.

How many synonyms does incubate have?

Incubate has 3 synonyms listed on Thesaurasize.

What does incubate mean?

(v): to brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions; to incubate metaphorically; to ponder an idea slowly and deliberately as if

Definition of incubate:

(v) : to brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions; to incubate metaphorically; to ponder an idea slowly and deliberately as if in preperation for hatching it
"1985: Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, New York, Vintage International, May 1992, page 3 - The mother dead these fourteen years did incubate in her own bosom the creature who would carry her off."
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Definition of incubate:

(v) : to brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions; to incubate metaphorically; to ponder an idea slowly and deliberately as if in preperation for hatching it
"1985: Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, New York, Vintage International, May 1992, page 3 - The mother dead these fourteen years did incubate in her own bosom the creature who would carry her off."
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