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Brood
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- 1 Kept or reared for breeding. not-comparable
"brood ducks"
- 1 The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother. countable, uncountable
"As a hen doth gather her brood under her wings."
- 2 the young of an animal cared for at one time wordnet
- 3 The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time. uncountable
- 4 The eggs and larvae of social insects such as bees, ants and some wasps, especially when gathered together in special brood chambers or combs within the colony. countable, uncountable
- 5 The children in one family; offspring. countable, uncountable
"Ay, lord, she will become thy bed, I warrant, / And bring thee forth brave brood."
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- 6 That which is bred or produced; breed; species. countable, uncountable
"[…] flocks of the airy brood, Cranes, geese or long-neck'd swans, here, there, proud of their pinions fly […]"
- 7 Parentage. countable, uncountable
- 8 Heavy waste in tin and copper ores. countable, uncountable
- 9 A large number or crowd of people, animals, or objects. countable, uncountable
- 1 To keep an egg warm to make it hatch. transitive
"In some species of birds, both the mother and father brood the eggs."
- 2 sit on (eggs) wordnet
- 3 To protect (something that is gradually maturing); to foster. transitive
"Under the rock was a midshipman fish, brooding a mass of eggs."
- 4 think moodily or anxiously about something wordnet
- 5 (typically with over, on or about) To dwell upon moodily and at length, mainly alone. intransitive
"He sat brooding about the upcoming battle, fearing the outcome."
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- 6 be in a huff; be silent or sullen wordnet
- 7 To be bred. intransitive
- 8 be in a huff and display one's displeasure wordnet
- 9 hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English brood, brod, from Old English brōd (“brood; foetus; breeding, hatching”), from Proto-Germanic *brōduz (“heat, breeding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁- (“breath, mist, vapour, steam”).
From Middle English brood, brod, from Old English brōd (“brood; foetus; breeding, hatching”), from Proto-Germanic *brōduz (“heat, breeding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁- (“breath, mist, vapour, steam”).
From Middle English brood, brod, from Old English brōd (“brood; foetus; breeding, hatching”), from Proto-Germanic *brōduz (“heat, breeding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁- (“breath, mist, vapour, steam”).
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