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- The noun form of brood came first, and the verb, when it appeared in our language, was used to refer to the action of chickens sitting on their eggs. Eventually the verb began to be used in a figurative manner, and took on the "worriedly pondering" sense it has today. Synonyms Verb hatch incubate set sit
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Synonyms of brood. 1. : the young of an animal or a family of young. especially : the young (as of a bird or insect) hatched or cared for at one time. a hen with her brood of chicks. 2. : a group having a common nature or origin. the entire brood of chronicle plays T. S. Eliot. 3. : the children of a family. takes their brood to church every Sunday
Synonyms for BROOD: hatch, spawn, sit, lay, incubate, set, offspring, progeny; Antonyms of BROOD: parent, father, grandfather, progenitor, ancestor, antecedent, forebear, forefather.
brood. noun as in cluster of young. Compare Synonyms. Synonyms. Antonyms. Strongest match. offspring. Strong matches. breed. chicks. clutch. descendants. family. flock. hatch. infants. issue. litter. posterity. progeny. scions. seed. young. Weak matches. begats. progeniture. verb as in agonize over. Compare Synonyms. Synonyms. Antonyms.
Synonyms and antonyms of. brood. in English. brood. Thesaurus > to think carefully about something > brood. These are words and phrases related to brood. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of brood.
Synonyms: strain, stock, line. verb (used with object) to sit upon (eggs) to hatch, as a bird; incubate. (of a bird) to warm, protect, or cover (young) with the wings or body. to think or worry persistently or moodily about; ponder: He brooded the problem. verb (used without object) to sit upon eggs to be hatched, as a bird.
Check pronunciation: brood. Definition of brood verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. the young of an animal cared for at one time. see more. verb. sit on (eggs) “Birds brood ” synonyms: cover, hatch, incubate. hatch. emerge from the eggs. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA.
