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- DictionaryBrood/bro͞od/
noun
- 1. a family of young animals, especially of a bird, produced at one hatching or birth: "a brood of chicks"
verb
- 1. think deeply about something that makes one unhappy: "he brooded over his need to find a wife"
- 2. (of a bird) sit on (eggs) to hatch them: "the male pheasant-tailed jacana takes over once the eggs are laid and broods them"
adjective
- 1. (of an animal) kept to be used for breeding: "a brood mare"
a group of young birds all born at the same time: The blackbird flew back and forth to its brood. humorous. a person's young children: Ann was at the party with her brood. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. your child. child We have three children, two girls and a boy.
A brood is a group of young born at the same time — like a brood of chicks — but your parents might use the word for you and your siblings: "We're taking the whole brood to the movies tonight." Brood is also what a chicken does when she sits on her eggs to hatch them.
Meaning & use. 1. Progeny, offspring, young. 1.a. Old English–. esp. of animals that lay eggs, as birds, serpents, insects, etc. a brood: a family of young hatched at once, a hatch. OE. Þæt sind beon..of ðam hunige hi bredað heora brod. Ælfric, Homilies vol. II. 10.
Definition of brood verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a family of young birds or animals, all born at the same time. brood. verb [ I ] uk / bruːd / us. to think for a long time about things that make you sad or angry: I wish he'd stop brooding about the past. (Definition of brood from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of brood. in Chinese (Traditional)
May 13, 2016 · 1. the offspring, or a family of offspring, of animals; esp., a group of birds or fowl hatched at one time and cared for together. 2. all the children in a family. 3. a group of a particular breed or kind. the new brood of poets.
Apr 27, 2024 · brood ( countable and uncountable, plural broods) The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother . ( uncountable) The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time.
