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- Dictionarybrood/bruːd/
noun
- 1. a family of birds or other young animals produced at one hatching or birth: "a brood of chicks" Similar
- 2. bee or wasp larvae.
verb
- 1. think deeply about something that makes one unhappy, angry, or worried: "she had brooded over the subject a thousand times" Similar
- 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" Similar
adjective
- 1. (of an animal) kept to be used for breeding: "a brood mare"
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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.
The meaning of BROOD is 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. How to use brood in a sentence. The Eggy History of Brood
noun. 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.
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.
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. son My son is getting married in the spring.
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.
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.
Jun 19, 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 . 1611, The Holy Bible, […] ( King James Version ), London: […] Robert Barker,[…], →OCLC, Luke 13:34: As a hen doth gather her brood under her wings.
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.
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. a1250. Ich not to hwan þu bredst þi brod. Owl & Nightingale 1634. c1385.
