Definition of "incubate" in Anglais

verb

1. (transitive) To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions.

2. (transitive, figurative) To incubate metaphorically; to ponder an idea slowly and deliberately as if in preparation for hatching it.

noun

1. (biology or chemistry) A preparation, or material, that has been incubated.