Brood

//bɹuːd// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Kept or reared for breeding. not-comparable

    "brood ducks"

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    the young of an animal cared for at one time wordnet
  3. 3
    The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time. uncountable
  4. 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. 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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  1. 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 […]"

  2. 7
    Parentage. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    Heavy waste in tin and copper ores. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A large number or crowd of people, animals, or objects. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 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. 2
    sit on (eggs) wordnet
  3. 3
    To protect (something that is gradually maturing); to foster. transitive

    "Under the rock was a midshipman fish, brooding a mass of eggs."

  4. 4
    think moodily or anxiously about something wordnet
  5. 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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  1. 6
    be in a huff; be silent or sullen wordnet
  2. 7
    To be bred. intransitive
  3. 8
    be in a huff and display one's displeasure wordnet
  4. 9
    hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

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”).

Etymology 3

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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