Synonyms: incubation
Definition: maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development
Similar words: tending, care, aid, attention
Definition: the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
Usage: no medical care was required; the old car needs constant attention
Synonyms: brooding, incubation
Definition: sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
Similar words: parturition, giving birth, birth, birthing
Definition: the process of giving birth
Synonyms: incubation
Definition: (pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear
Definition: any distinct time period in a sequence of events
Usage: we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected