couver
Meanings
Verb
1. to brood (an egg)
2. to coddle, pamper, mollycoddle (figuratively)
3. to plot, hatch, scheme (figuratively)
Examples13
Une révolte couvait.
A rebellion was brewing.
Le feu couve sous la cendre.
The fire is smoldering.
Cet enfant couve une grippe.
This child has the flu.
Je crois que je couve une grippe.
I think I'm coming down with the flu.
La poule couve ses poussins.
The hen is hatching her chicks.
Je crois que je couve un rhume.
I think I'm coming down with a cold.