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Meaning of 'brood' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Brood [ a.]
- Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.
- Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow.
2 . Brood [ v. i.]
- To sit on and cover eggs, as a fowl, for the purpose of warming them and hatching the young; or to sit over and cover young, as a hen her chickens, in order to warm and protect them; hence, to sit quietly, as if brooding.
- To have the mind dwell continuously or moodily on a subject; to think long and anxiously; to be in a state of gloomy, serious thought; -- usually followed by over or on; as, to brood over misfortunes.
3 . Brood [ v. t.]
- The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens.
- The young from the same dam, whether produced at the same time or not; young children of the same mother, especially if nearly of the same age; offspring; progeny; as, a woman with a brood of children.
- That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
- Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
- To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens.
- To cherish with care.
- To think anxiously or moodily upon.

Meaning of 'brood' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . brood [ v]
Meaning (1):
- sit on (eggs)
Example in sentence:
  • Birds brood;
  • The female covers the eggs
Meaning (2):
- be in a huff and display one's displeasure
Example in sentence:
  • She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted
Meaning (3):
- hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
Example in sentence:
  • The terrible vision brooded over her all day long

Nearby Words:

broach broached broacher broaching broad broad church broad gauge broad seal broad-brimmed broad-horned

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