The hen keeps her brood under her.
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Brood
//bɹuːd//
Synonyms for "brood" (136 found)
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Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (40)
Related words (68)
kindlinelineagelitterlittle onesmatriclanmeditatemenagemopemusemuse onmuse overnationnestnew generationoffspringorderpatriclanpeopleperpend
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phratryphylepineplant kingdomplay around withplay withponderponder overposteritypoutprogenitureprogenyracereflectrising generationruminateruminate overseedseptsetsitsit onsonsspatspawnspeciesspeculatestemstirpsstockstrainstudysuccessionthinktotemtoy withtreasurestribeweighworryyoungyounglingsyoungsteryoungsters
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3 entriesTranslations
153 translations across 39 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- bark noun (the children in one family)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πέσσω verb (to keep an egg warm)
Armenian
1 entries- թուխս նստել verb (to keep an egg warm)
Bulgarian
4 entries- котило noun (the young of certain animals)
- люпило noun (the young of any egg-laying creature)
- защитавам verb (to protect)
- мътя verb (to keep an egg warm)
Catalan
2 entries- covar verb (to keep an egg warm)
- encaparrar-se verb (to dwell upon moodily and at length)
Czech
4 entries- děti noun (the children in one family)
- snůška noun (the young of certain animals)
- snůška noun (the young of any egg-laying creature)
- dumat verb (to dwell upon moodily and at length)
Danish
2 entries- kuld noun (the young of certain animals)
- ruge verb (to keep an egg warm)
Dutch
4 entries- broedsel noun (the young of any egg-laying creature)
- gebroed noun (the young of certain animals)
- legsel noun (the young of certain animals)
- maagschap noun (the children in one family)
Esperanto
2 entries- kovi verb (to keep an egg warm)
- kovi verb (to protect)
Finnish
4 entries- katras noun (the children in one family)
- pesue noun (the young of certain animals)
- pesue noun (the young of any egg-laying creature)
- pesue noun (the children in one family)
French
4 entries- couvée noun (the young of certain animals)
- couvée noun (the young of any egg-laying creature)
- marmaille noun (the children in one family)
- broyer du noir verb (to dwell upon moodily and at length)
Friulian
2 entries- clucî verb (to keep an egg warm)
- clucî verb (to dwell upon moodily and at length)
Galician
4 entries- de cría adj (kept or reared for breeding)
- fruxe noun (the children in one family)
- niñada noun (the young of certain animals)
- niñada noun (the young of any egg-laying creature)
German
3 entries- brüten verb (to keep an egg warm)
- brüten verb (to dwell upon moodily and at length)
- grübeln verb (to dwell upon moodily and at length)
Greek
3 entries- κλωσσόπουλο noun (the young of certain animals)
- αναλογίζομαι verb (to dwell upon moodily and at length)
- κλωσσώ verb (to keep an egg warm)
Greenlandic
1 entries- niviorpoq verb (to protect)
Hebrew
2 entries- תְּטוּלָה noun (the young of any egg-laying creature)
- דָּגַר verb (to keep an egg warm)
Hungarian
4 entries- fészekalja noun (the young of certain animals)
- kotlik verb (to keep an egg warm)
- kotlik verb (to dwell upon moodily and at length)
- költ verb (to keep an egg warm)
Ido
1 entries- kovar verb (to keep an egg warm)
Irish
4 entries- ál noun (the young of certain animals)
- ál noun (the young of any egg-laying creature)
- ál noun (the children in one family)
- éillín noun (the young of certain animals)
Italian
4 entries- nidiata noun (the young of certain animals)
- nidiata noun (the young of any egg-laying creature)
- prole noun (the young of certain animals)
- prole noun (the children in one family)
Latvian
1 entries- vaisla noun (the young of certain animals)
Macedonian
3 entries- пи́ле noun (the young of certain animals)
- по́томство noun (the children in one family)
- квачи verb (to keep an egg warm)
Māori
4 entries- kāwaiwai noun (the young of any egg-laying creature)
- punipuni noun (the young of certain animals)
- awhi verb (to keep an egg warm)
- tāpapa verb (to keep an egg warm)
Norwegian
1 entries- ruge verb (to keep an egg warm)
Old Armenian
1 entries- թխեմ verb (to keep an egg warm)
Portuguese
4 entries- ninhada noun (the young of certain animals)
- ninhada noun (the young of any egg-laying creature)
- prole noun (the children in one family)
- chocar verb (to keep an egg warm)
Romanian
3 entries- puiet noun (the young of certain animals)
- cloci verb (to keep an egg warm)
- cloci verb (to dwell upon moodily and at length)
Russian
4 entries- племенна́я adj (kept or reared for breeding)
- племенно́е adj (kept or reared for breeding)
- племенно́й adj (kept or reared for breeding)
- племенны́е adj (kept or reared for breeding)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- guir verb (to keep an egg warm)
- guir verb (to protect)
Slovak
2 entries- sedieť verb (to keep an egg warm)
- vysedieť verb (to keep an egg warm)
Spanish
4 entries- cría noun (the young of certain animals)
- nidada noun (the young of any egg-laying creature)
- prole noun (the children in one family)
- empollar verb (to keep an egg warm)
Sundanese
1 entries- sileungleum verb (to keep an egg warm)
Swedish
4 entries- barnaskara noun (the children in one family)
- kull noun (the young of certain animals)
- ruva verb (to keep an egg warm)
- ruva verb (to protect)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ви́водок noun (the young of certain animals)
- ви́водок noun (the young of any egg-laying creature)
- ви́сидіти verb (to keep an egg warm)
- виси́джувати verb (to keep an egg warm)
Venetan
1 entries- coar verb (to keep an egg warm)
Vietnamese
1 entries- ấp verb (to keep an egg warm)
Walloon
1 entries- cover verb (to keep an egg warm)
Welsh
2 entries- gori verb (to keep an egg warm)
- pendroni verb (to dwell upon moodily and at length)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
In a sunny spot stood a pleasant old farm-house close by a deep river, and from the house down to the water side grew great burdock leaves, so high, that under the tallest of them a little child could stand upright. The spot was as wild as the centre of a thick wood. In this snug retreat sat a duck on her nest, watching for her young brood to hatch; she was beginning to get tired of her task, for the little ones were a long time coming out of their shells, and she seldom had any visitors.
Source: tatoeba (3754658)
On the next day the weather was delightful, and the sun shone brightly on the green burdock leaves, so the mother duck took her young brood down to the water, and jumped in with a splash.
Source: tatoeba (3754749)
To arms I call my comrades, and defy / the loathsome brood to battle.
Source: tatoeba (7016736)
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