incubate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
grow under conditions that promote development
Types & categories
- develop hypernym
Related & opposite
- incubation derivation
- incubation derivation
Sense 2 verb
sit on (eggs)
Birds brood
Types & categories
- procreate hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | incubation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | incubation |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | develop |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | incubator |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | brood |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | brooding |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hatch |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | sit down |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | hatch |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | breed |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | procreate |