incubate

[US]/'ɪŋkjʊbeɪt/
[UK]/'ɪŋkjubet/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. hatch; nurture; cultivate
vi. hatch; ferment
n. incubation

Example Sentences

unfortunately the BSE bug incubates for around three years.

the samples were incubated at 80℃ for 3 minutes.

incubated the idea for a while, then announced it.

The time needed for the eggs to incubate is nine or ten days.

Appropriate dilutions were made on tryptone-glucose-yeast extract-agar (Difco) and incubated at 37 C for 48 hr before counting.

Methods To incubate the caries free permanent teeth with acid gelatinoid and/or collagenase, then to observe the ultrastructural change of root surface under scanning electron microscope .

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