incubate

Definitions of incubate in various dictionaries:

verb - grow under conditions that promote development

verb - sit on (eggs)

To sit on (eggs) to provide heat, so as to promote embryonic development and the hatching of young; brood.

To maintain (eggs, organisms, or living tissue) at optimal environmental conditions for growth and development.

To maintain (a chemical or biochemical system) under specific conditions in order to promote a particular reaction.

To form or consider slowly and protectively, as if hatching: incubated the idea for a while, then an noun ced it.

To brood eggs.

To develop and hatch.

To undergo incubation.

verb - to warm eggs for hatching