hautoa — meaning in English
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English meaning
- brood noun A group of young animals, especially birds, hatched or raised together.
- foment verb To incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate.
- hatch noun A small door or opening, often in a floor, ceiling, wall, or vehicle.
- incubate verb To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions.
Senses
hautoa is used for these senses in English:
- foment (medicine, transitive) To apply a poultice to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge.
- hatch (transitive) To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.
- incubate (transitive) To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions.
- incubate (transitive, figurative) To incubate metaphorically; to ponder an idea slowly and deliberately as if in preparation for hatching it.
brood — full definition
- noun A group of young animals, especially birds, hatched or raised together.
- noun Informal term for the children of one family.
- verb Of a bird, to sit on eggs to keep them warm until they hatch.
- verb To dwell unhappily on one's thoughts, often alone.
foment — full definition
- verb To incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate.
- verb To apply a poultice to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge.