BROOD Definition & Meaning

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brood

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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.
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verb (used with object)

to sit upon (eggs) to hatch, as a bird; incubate.
(of a bird) to warm, protect, or cover (young) with the wings or body.
to think or worry persistently or moodily about; ponder:
He brooded the problem.

verb (used without object)

to sit upon eggs to be hatched, as a bird.
to dwell on a subject or to meditate with morbid persistence (usually followed by over or on ).

adjective

kept for breeding:
a brood hen.

verb phrase

to cover, loom, or seem to fill the atmosphere or scene:
The haunted house on the hill brooded above the village.

brood

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noun

a number of young animals, esp birds, produced at one hatching
all the offspring in one family: often used jokingly or contemptuously
a group of a particular kind; breed
as modifier kept for breeding
a brood mare

verb

of a bird
1. to sit on or hatch (eggs)
2. tr to cover (young birds) protectively with the wings
whenintr, often foll by on, over or upon to ponder morbidly or persistently

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Derived Forms

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of brood¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English ��ō��; cognate with Dutch broed, German Brut; breed

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of brood¹

Old English ��ō�� ; related to Middle High German bruot , Dutch broed ; see breed

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Synonym Study

Brood, litter refer to young creatures. Brood is especially applied to the young of fowls and birds hatched from eggs at one time and raised under their mother's care: a brood of young turkeys. Litter is applied to a group of young animals brought forth at a birth: a litter of kittens or pups.

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Stacey still has plans to increase their brood - but this time it is their animals.

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His early roles in “Over the Edge,” “The Outsiders” and “Rumble Fish” may have played up his brooding nature, but don’t typecast him.

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Like the rich families that vacation together in past seasons of “The White Lotus,” the North Carolina brood is a collection of insufferable personalities.

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But they act out their past more than they brood over it.

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But after winning the supporting actor prize for his role in “A Real Pain” on Sunday, Culkin doubled down on his quest for a larger brood from the Oscars stage.

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