incubate

incubate Definition

in·cu·bate (in′kyə bāt′, iŋ′-)

transitive verb -·bat′ed, -·bat′·ing

to sit on and hatch (eggs)
to keep (eggs, embryos, bacteria, etc.) in a favorable environment for hatching or developing
to cause to develop or take form, as by thought or planning

Etymology: < L incubatus, pp. of incubare, to lie in or upon < in-, in- + cubare, to lie: see cube

intransitive verb

incubate Synonyms

incubate Usage Examples

Object

vcjd: Therefore, we cannot tell how many current or past blood, tissue or stem cell donors may be incubating vCJD.
egg: Lucky divers will see the males incubating the eggs of their young in their mouths.
disease: The evaluation of the geographical risk of presence of BSE focuses on the risk for animals to incubate the disease.
plate: Incubate the plate overnight at 37 ° C right side up and then invert and incubate until colonies form.
bird: A trap is placed over a nest and the incubating bird triggers it to close when it returns to incubate.
cell: The raw liver probably wouldn't have been so bad if I didn't incubate liver cells for a living!

Preposition: at

temperature: Elute the protein by adding 250 µl GEB: Incubate at room temperature for 10 minutes then spin for 5 minutes at 750 rpm.
o: The sample was then incubated at 70 o C for 15 minutes before cooling to room temperature.

Modifying Another Word

then: She checked a number of nests in the breeding season when the females lay, and then incubate, eggs.
overnight: The sponge swab was cultured using Violet Red Bile agar plates ( International Bioproducts ) and incubated overnight at 35ºC.
currently: With the safety measures now in place the main risk is whether someone has been previously infected and is currently incubating the disease.
already: Also European Bee-eater numbers seemed lower than usual but perhaps they had arrived a little early and the females were already incubating eggs.
still: The eagles still incubate, no sign of anything hatching.

Preposition: in

vitro: Normal human skin biopsies in which either burn or incisional wounds have been created are incubated in vitro.

Preposition: for

hour: A sample of platelets is removed into a pouch which is incubated for 24 hours at 35°C.
day: Each dilution was inoculated in appropriate cell culture, 6 wells per dilution and incubated for 6 days at 37°C.
year: Terror as an accepted, legitimate means of carrying out politics has been incubated for 30 years, he said.
days.: A clutch of 4-6 white eggs are laid and incubated for 19-20 days. A Lutino color mutation is known but still remains fairly uncommon.
minute: Incubate for 20 minutes at room temperature ( on the bench ).

Preposition: by

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