INCUBATION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development
   Hypernyms(s) incubation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • care (what does care mean?)
   • attention (what does attention mean?)
   • aid (what does aid mean?)
   • tending (what does tending mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • incubate (what does incubate mean?)
2. Meaning
   • sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
   Synonym(s)
   • brooding (what does brooding mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) incubation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • parturition (what does parturition mean?)
   • birth (what does birth mean?)
   • giving birth (what does giving birth mean?)
   • birthing (what does birthing mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • brood (what does brood mean?)
   • hatch (what does hatch mean?)
   • cover (what does cover mean?)
   • incubate (what does incubate mean?)
3. Meaning
   • (pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear
   Hypernyms(s) incubation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • phase (what does phase mean?)
   • stage (what does stage mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • incubate (what does incubate mean?)