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brood  (brd)

n.

1. The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time and cared for by the same mother. See Synonyms at flock¹.

2. The children in one family.

v. brood·ed, brood·ing, broods

v.tr.

1. To sit on or hatch (eggs).

2. To protect (young) by or as if by covering with the wings.

v.intr.

1. To sit on or hatch eggs.

2. To hover envelopingly; loom.

3.

a. To be deep in thought; meditate.

b. To focus the attention on a subject persistently and moodily; worry: brooded over the insult for several days.

c. To be depressed.

adj.

Kept for breeding: a brood hen.

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[Middle English, from Old English brd; see bhreu- in Indo-European roots.]

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brooding·ly adv.

Synonyms: brood, dwell, fret¹, mope, stew, worry
These verbs mean to turn over in the mind moodily and at length: brooding about his decline in popularity; dwelled on her defeat; fretted over the loss of his job; moping about his illness; stewing over her upcoming trial; worrying about the unpaid bills. See Also Synonyms at flock¹.

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brood [bruːd]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) 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. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) (as modifier) kept for breeding a brood mare

vb

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (of a bird)

a.  to sit on or hatch (eggs)

b.  (tr) to cover (young birds) protectively with the wings

2. (when intr, often foll by on, over or upon) to ponder morbidly or persistently

[Old English brōd; related to Middle High German bruot, Dutch broed; see breed]

brooding  n & adj

broodingly  adv

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Brood the young of animals or of birds, hatched or reared at the same time or from the same dam. See also aerie, breed, fry.

Examples: brood of birds, 1530; of blackgame, 1805; of smallboats; of chess players [modern pun on to brood—Lipton, 1970]; of chicken, 1611; of daughters, 1896; of ducks, 1711; of eels, 1558; of eagles; of eggs; of folly, 1632; of game; of grouse; of guilty wishes, 1863; of hawks; of heath fowl, 1805; of hens, 1486; of kittens; of lies, 1798; of oysters [in second year], 1862; of petty despots, 1867; of poisons, 1719; of presbyterians, 1706; of salmon, 1389; of serpents, 1697; of silkworms, 1760; of time, 1597.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	brood - the young of an animal cared for at one time animal group - a group of animals clutch - a number of birds hatched at the same time
Verb	1.	brood - think moodily or anxiously about something dwell worry, care - be concerned with; "I worry about my grades"
	2.	brood - hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long" bulk large, loom, hover hang - be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive; "This worry hangs on my mind"; "The cloud of suspicion hangs over her" eclipse, overshadow, dominate - be greater in significance than; "the tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness"
	3.	brood - be in a huff and display one's displeasure; "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted" pout, sulk grizzle, stew, brood - be in a huff; be silent or sullen
	4.	brood - be in a huff; be silent or sullen grizzle, stew pout, sulk, brood - be in a huff and display one's displeasure; "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted"
	5.	brood - sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs" incubate, hatch, cover procreate, reproduce, multiply - have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant; "The Bible tells people to procreate" hatch - emerge from the eggs; "young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch" breed, cover - copulate with a female, used especially of horses; "The horse covers the mare"

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brood

noun

1. offspring, young, issue, breed, infants, clutch, hatch, litter, chicks, progeny The last brood of the elderly pair was hatched.

2. children, family, offspring, progeny, nearest and dearest, flesh and blood She flew to the defence of her brood.

verb

think, obsess, muse, ponder, fret, meditate, agonize, mull over, mope, ruminate, eat your heart out, dwell upon, repine She constantly broods about her family.

Translations

brood [bruːd]

A. N (gen) → cría f, camada f; [of chicks] → nidada f; [of insects etc] → generación f (hum) [of children] → prole f

B. VI

1. [bird] → empollar

2. (fig) [person] → ponerse melancólico
to brood on or over → dar vueltas a
you mustn't brood over it → no debes darle tantas vueltas
disaster brooded over the town → se cernía el desastre sobre la ciudad

C. CPD brood mare N → yegua f de cría

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brood [ˈbruːd]

n

[birds] → couvée f

[children] → progéniture f

vi

[hen] → couver

[storm] → couver

[person] → broyer du noir
to brood about sth → ruminer ses or des inquiétudes à propos de qch, se faire du mauvais sang à propos de qch
to brood on sth, to brood over sth [+ failure, misfortune] → remâcher qch; [+ past] → ressasser qch; [+ idea] → ruminer qch

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brood

n (lit, fig) → Brut f

vi

(bird) → brüten

(fig, person) → grübeln; (despondently also) → brüten

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brood [bruːd]

1. n (of chicks) → covata; (of birds) → nidiata (hum) (of children) → prole f

2. vi (bird) → covare (fig) (person) → rimuginare, stare a pensare

brood on vi + prep → rimuginare su, stare a pensare a

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brood

v brood [bruːd]

1 (of birds) to sit on eggs. broei تَرْخُمُ ، تَحْضِنُ (الدَّجاجةبَيْضَها للتَّفْقيس) мътя sedět na vejcích ruge brüten κλωσώ empollar hauduma روی تخم خوابیدن hautoa couver לִדגוֹר अंडे सेना sjediti na jajima költ mengeram covare 卵を抱く 알을 품다 perėti perēt mengeram broeden ruge wysiadywać chocar a cloci высиживать sedieť na vajciach valiti ležati na jajima ruva กกไข่ kuluçkaya yatmak 孵蛋 висиджувати انڈوں پر بیٹھنا ấp trứng 孵蛋

2 to think (about something) anxiously for some time There's no point in brooding about what happened. peins, mymer, knies يُفَكِّرُ بِقَلَق، يَسْتَسْلِمُ للكآبَه замислям се dumat ruge; gruble brüten αναλογίζομαι με στενοχώρια rumiar, dar vueltas juurdlema غصه خوردن hautoa ruminer (sur) לְהַרהֵר עַל चिन्ता करना mozgati tűnődik vmin bermurung rimuginare 考え込む 곰곰이 생각하다 svarstyti, sukti galvą pārdomāt memikir-mikirkan tobben sture rozmyślać cismar a se (tot) gândi (la) размышлять dumať tuhtati mozgati grubbla ครุ่นคิด kara kara düşünmek, arpacı kumrusu gibi düşünmek 盤算，沈思 обмірковувати کسی چیز کے بارے میں گہری سوچ میں پڑنا nghiền ngẫm 盘算，沉思

n

the number of young hatched at one time. uitbroei عَدَدُ الصِّغار люпило mláďata (z jedné snůšky) kuld; flok die Brut κλωσόπουλα που εκκολάφθηκαν μαζί nidada, camada pesakond جوجه های همزاد pesue nichée קְבוּצַת אֶפְרוֹחִים बच्चे leglo fészekalja jumlah telur (eraman) yang menetas covata, nidiata １かえりのひな 한배의 병아리 vada perējums kuantiti anak-anak yang menetas broedsel ungeflokk/-skokk, kull, avkom wyląg ninhada pui (clociţi) выводок mláďatá naraz narodené, vrh zarod nakot kull กลุ่มลูกไก่ที่เกิดพร้อมกัน kuş yavruları 一窩(雛鳥) виводок انڈوی میں سے بچے نکنے کی تعداد lứa 一窝小鸡