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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"
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.
a number of young produced or hatched at one time; a family of offspring or young. a breed, species, group, or kind: The museum exhibited a brood of monumental sculptures. Synonyms: strain, stock, line.
BROOD definition: 1. a group of young birds all born at the same time: 2. a person's young children: 3. to think…. Learn more.
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.
1. a. To focus the attention on a subject persistently and moodily; worry: brooded about his future; brooded over the insult for several days. b. To be depressed: All he seemed to do was sit and brood. 2. a. To sit on or hatch eggs. b. To protect developing eggs or young. 3. To hover envelopingly; hang: Mist brooded over the moor. v.tr. 1.
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.
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.
BROOD definition: 1. a family of young birds or animals, all born at the same time 2. to think for a long time about…. Learn more.
A group of a particular breed or kind. The new brood of poets. 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. (mining) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
Jun 19, 2024 · brood (third-person singular simple present broods, present participle brooding, simple past and past participle brooded) ( transitive ) To keep an egg warm to make it hatch . In some species of birds, both the mother and father brood the eggs.
