Get to know Incubates better with 6 real example sentences, the meaning.
Incubates meaning
third-person singular simple present indicative of incubate
Using Incubates
- The main meaning on this page is: third-person singular simple present indicative of incubate
- In the example corpus, incubates often appears in combinations such as: female incubates, incubates the, male incubates.
Context around Incubates
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Incubates
- In this selection, "incubates" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, female, male and two stand out and add context to how "incubates" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include parent who incubates the egg and the female incubates. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "incubates" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with incubates
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The male incubates from ten to sixty eggs. (8 words)
The female incubates two to three white eggs for 30 days. (11 words)
The female incubates her three to four eggs for about two weeks. (12 words)
The male incubates the eggs for 50–52 days, removing or adding litter to regulate the temperature, then protects the chicks, who stay in the nest for about nine months, defending them fiercely against all potential predators, including humans. (39 words)
She is the sole parent who incubates the egg over 50 days until it hatches, and she is also the sole carer of the lyrebird chick. (26 words)
Both males and females will incubate, with the male often incubating at night and, during the day, defending the nest territory while the female incubates. (25 words)
Example sentences (6)
The female incubates two to three white eggs for 30 days.
The female incubates her three to four eggs for about two weeks.
Both males and females will incubate, with the male often incubating at night and, during the day, defending the nest territory while the female incubates.
She is the sole parent who incubates the egg over 50 days until it hatches, and she is also the sole carer of the lyrebird chick.
The male incubates from ten to sixty eggs.
The male incubates the eggs for 50–52 days, removing or adding litter to regulate the temperature, then protects the chicks, who stay in the nest for about nine months, defending them fiercely against all potential predators, including humans.
Common combinations with incubates
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: