English to English
noun
- maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development
source: WordNet 3.0
- (pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear
source: WordNet 3.0
- sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
source: WordNet 3.0
- A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process.
source: Webster 1913
