incubated
Warmed until ready
Incubated is the past tense of incubate—to keep eggs warm until they hatch, or to maintain conditions that allow something to develop.
Bacteria are incubated in labs; diseases incubate in the body before symptoms appear.
Figuratively, ideas or plans incubate when given time and space to develop: The startup incubated for two years before launching.
Organism before birth
- chickYoung bird, especially poultry
- hatchlingRecently emerged young
- nestlingUnfledged young bird
- broodHatchlings as a group
fledgling · egg · yolk · clutch · nest · pipping · hatchery · emergence
Promoted growth of
- cultivatedImproved through nurture
- developedGrew or advanced
- nourishedGiven food for health
- supportedGave aid or backing
encouraged · tended · reared · matured · protected · sustained · germinated · harbored
New business enterprise
- acceleratorSpeed control mechanism
- ventureRisky new undertaking
- entrepreneurshipCreating and managing ventures
- prototypeFirst functional specimen
pitch · funding · mentorship · scaling · innovation · launch · coworking · seed
embryo
Organism before birth
brood · fledgling · egg · yolk · clutch · nest · pipping · hatchery · emergence · warmth
fostered
Promoted growth of
- cultivatedImproved through nurture
- developedGrew or advanced
- nourishedGiven food for health
supported · encouraged · tended · reared · matured · protected · sustained · germinated · harbored · conceived
startup
New business enterprise
- acceleratorSpeed control mechanism
- ventureRisky new undertaking
- entrepreneurshipCreating and managing ventures
prototype · pitch · funding · mentorship · scaling · innovation · launch · coworking · seed · pivot
culture
Collective social practices
- bacteriaNucleus-free single-celled organisms
- petriLaboratory dish name
- specimenIndividual for examination
colony · microbe · pathogen · virus · medium · agar · laboratory · sterile · inoculated · controlled
- lab qualitiessterile, calibrated, controlled, precise, accurate
- microbiologybacteria, bacterium, microbe, microbes, microorganisms
incubatedneglected
Not given proper attention
abandoned · stifled · suppressed · killed · terminated
- incubation periodTime before symptoms emerge
- startup incubatorNew business support program
- dream incubationDeliberately prompting specific sleep visions
- business incubatorsPrograms fostering new ventures
- tech incubatorProgram growing young companies
- egg incubatorDevice that hatches poultry
incubate, incubation, incubator, incubators, incubating, incubates, incubations