| slovo | definícia |
incubate
(mass) | incubate
- inkubovať |
incubate
(encz) | incubate,inkubovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Incubate
(gcide) | Incubate \In"cu*bate\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Incubated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Incubating.] [L. incubatus, p. p. incubare to
lie on; pref. in- in, on + cubare to lie down. Cf. Cubit,
Incumbent.]
1. To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon,
or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching.
[1913 Webster]
2. To maintain (a living organism, such as microorganisms or
a premature baby) under appropriate conditions, such as of
temperature, humidity, or atmospheric composition, for
growth; as, coliform bacteria grow best when incubated at
37[deg] C..
[PJC]
3. To develop gradually in some interior environment, until
fully formed; as, the ideas for his book were incubating
for two years before he began to write.
[PJC] |
incubate
(wn) | incubate
v 1: grow under conditions that promote development
2: sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs"
[syn: brood, hatch, cover, incubate] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
incubate
(mass) | incubate
- inkubovať |
incubate
(encz) | incubate,inkubovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
incubated
(encz) | incubated,inkuboval v: Zdeněk Brož |
Incubated
(gcide) | Incubate \In"cu*bate\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Incubated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Incubating.] [L. incubatus, p. p. incubare to
lie on; pref. in- in, on + cubare to lie down. Cf. Cubit,
Incumbent.]
1. To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon,
or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching.
[1913 Webster]
2. To maintain (a living organism, such as microorganisms or
a premature baby) under appropriate conditions, such as of
temperature, humidity, or atmospheric composition, for
growth; as, coliform bacteria grow best when incubated at
37[deg] C..
[PJC]
3. To develop gradually in some interior environment, until
fully formed; as, the ideas for his book were incubating
for two years before he began to write.
[PJC] |
incubate
(wn) | incubate
v 1: grow under conditions that promote development
2: sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs"
[syn: brood, hatch, cover, incubate] |
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