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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"
noun [ C ] us / bruːd / uk / bruːd /. Add to word list Add to word list. 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.
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.
Check pronunciation: brood. Definition of brood verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
3 days ago · noun. 1. a number of young animals, esp birds, produced at one hatching. 2. all the offspring in one family: often used jokingly or contemptuously. 3. a group of a particular kind; breed. 4. (as modifier) kept for breeding. a brood mare. verb.
brood | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary. Definition of brood – Learner’s Dictionary. brood. noun [ C ] uk / bruːd / us. a family of young birds or animals, all born at the same time. Want to learn more? Improve your vocabulary with English Vocabulary in Use from Cambridge. Learn the words you need to communicate with confidence.
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.
The main, lower part of a beehive in which the queen lives and the brood is reared; a brood box or brood chamber; cf. body box, n. brood-chamber , n. 1888– (a) A chamber for holding the eggs or brood of an animal, etc.; (b) a chamber folded off from the uterus and closed around the embryo in some species…
