transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnkjʊbeɪt ]
( incubates, incubating, incubated)
1.
When birds incubate their eggs, they keep the eggs warm until the baby birds come out.
The birds returned to their nests and continued to incubate the eggs.
VERB : V n , also V
• in‧cu‧ba‧tion
Male albatrosses share in the incubation of eggs.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
When a germ in your body incubates or is incubated , it develops for a period of time before it starts making you feel ill.
The virus can incubate for up to ten days after the initial infection.
VERB : V , also V n
• in‧cu‧ba‧tion
The illness has an incubation period of up to 11 days.
N-UNCOUNT : usu N n