brood
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brood
- /bɹuːd/ UK
- /bɹʉwd/ British, Southern, Standard
- /bɹud/ US
- /bɹʉːd/ Australia, New Zealand
- /bɾʉd/ Scotland
- /bɾɪʊd/ Wales
- /bɻʉd/ Northern Ireland
Sounds like brewed (except Scotland, Wales) · Rhymes with -uːd
Where it comes from
From Middle English brood, brod, from Old English brōd (“brood; foetus; breeding, hatching”), from Proto-Germanic *brōduz (“heat, breeding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁- (“breath, mist, vapour, steam”).
noun broods
- The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother. As a hen doth gather her brood under her wings.
- The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time.
- 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.
- The children in one family; offspring. Ay, lord, she will become thy bed, I warrant, / And bring thee forth brave brood.
- That which is bred or produced; breed; species. […] flocks of the airy brood, Cranes, geese or long-neck'd swans, here, there, proud of their pinions fly […]
- Parentage.
- Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
- A large number or crowd of people, animals, or objects.
adjective
- Kept or reared for breeding. brood ducks
verb broods · brooding · brooded
- To keep an egg warm to make it hatch. In some species of birds, both the mother and father brood the eggs.
- To protect (something that is gradually maturing); to foster. Under the rock was a midshipman fish, brooding a mass of eggs.
- (typically with over, on or about) To dwell upon one's thoughts moodily and at length, mainly alone. He sat brooding over the upcoming battle, fearing the outcome.
- To be bred.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: incubate, oviparous, stew, grizzle, cover, loom, bulk large, hatch, pout, hover, hatching, sulk, worry, dwell, nestling, nesting
Translations
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noun the young of certain animals
| Español | cría |
|---|---|
| Português | ninhada |
| Français | couvée |
| Italiano | nidiata, prole |
| Ελληνικά | κλωσσόπουλο klossópoulo |
| Română | puiet |
| Русский | вы́водок vývodok |
noun the young of any egg-laying creature
| Español | nidada |
|---|---|
| Português | ninhada |
| Français | couvée |
| Italiano | nidiata, schiusa |
| Русский | вы́водок vývodok |
| עברית | תְּטוּלָה tetulá |
noun the children in one family
| Español | prole |
|---|---|
| Português | prole |
| Français | marmaille |
| Italiano | prole |
| Русский | пото́мство potómstvo |
adj kept or reared for breeding
| Русский | племенно́й plemennój, племенна́я plemennája, племенно́е plemennóje, племенны́е plemennýje |
|---|
verb 1. to keep an egg warm
| Español | empollar, enclocar, encluecar, aclocar, encloquecer, encoclar |
|---|---|
| Português | chocar |
| Français | couver |
| Deutsch | brüten |
| Italiano | covare |
| Ελληνικά | κλωσσώ klossó |
| Română | cloci |
| Русский | выси́живать vysíživatʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | ấp |
| עברית | דָּגַר dagár |
verb 3. to dwell upon moodily and at length
| Português | ruminar, cismar |
|---|---|
| Français | se morfondre, broyer du noir |
| Deutsch | brüten, grübeln |
| Italiano | covare, rimuginare, arrovellarsi |
| Ελληνικά | αναλογίζομαι analogízomai |
| Română | cloci |
| Русский | размышля́ть razmyšljátʹ |
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title = {brood},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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