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brood /brood/ noun- Something bred
- Offspring, children, or family
- The number hatched, produced or cherished at once
- The condition of breeding or brooding
- A race, kind, breed
- Parentage, extraction (archaic)
adjective For breeding (as in brood mare, etc) transitive verb- To sit on or cover in order to breed or hatch
- To hatch
- To cover, eg with wings
- To cherish with care
- To meditate moodily on
intransitive verb- To sit as a hen on eggs
- To hang envelopingly (over)
- To think anxiously for some time
- To meditate silently (with on or over)
ORIGIN: OE brōd; Du broed; cf breed broodˈer noun - A person or animal that broods
- A heated building or enclosure for rearing young chicks
broodˈily adverb broodˈiness noun - Thinking anxiously or resentfully
- Threatening, oppressive
broodˈing adjective broodˈingly adverb broodˈy adjective - (of a hen) inclined to sit or incubate
- (of a woman) wanting to have a baby (informal)
- Prolific, fertile (obsolete)
- Apt to brood, sullen, moody
broodˈ-pouch or broodˈ-sac noun A body-cavity, eg in viviparous cockroaches, in which eggs or embryos are received and developed |