Making and creating

Synonyms for incubate

The synonym for incubate recorded in this bank is nurture, in the sense "to develop (a plan or idea) gradually in a protected environment". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · verb · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The synonym for incubate

nurtureverb, in the sense "to develop (a plan or idea) gradually in a protected environment"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and incubate carries one sense so far.

The senseverbTier 2, TreelineMaking and creating

to develop (a plan or idea) gradually in a protected environment

Startups often incubate a product idea for years before launching it publicly.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

nurture

Same sentence, swapped: Startups often nurture a product idea for years before launching it publicly.

Close but different

The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot incubate is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

liquidate
audit
franchise

Where incubate turns up in the game

incubate is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzle where incubate is the trap

breedverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is multiply, in the sense "have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)", so incubate is there to be ruled out.

Play incubate

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so incubate reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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A reason under every answer, not just a right answer

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