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