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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"
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6 days ago · brood in American English. (brud ) noun. 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.
Definition of brood verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
brood. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English brood1 /bruːd/ verb [ intransitive] 1 to keep thinking about something that you are worried or upset about Don’t sit at home brooding all day. brood over/about/on There’s no point brooding over it – she’s gone. see thesaurus at think 2 if a bird broods, it sits on its eggs to make ...
brood meaning: 1. a family of young birds or animals, all born at the same time 2. to think for a long time about…. Learn more.
She grew up amidst a lively brood of brothers and sisters. Word Origin Old English brōd , of Germanic origin; related to Dutch broed and German Brut , also to breed . Sense (1) of the verb was originally used with an object, i.e. ‘to nurse (feelings) in the mind’ (late 16th cent.), a figurative use of the idea of a hen nursing chicks under ...
Historical thesaurus. bee-keeping insects. 2.a. c1275–1872. † The cherishing of the fœtus in the egg or the womb; hatching, breeding. to sit on brood or a-brood: as a hen on her eggs, figurative to sit brooding. Cf. abrood adv. Obsolete or archaic.
