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| brood [ brood ] |
verb (past and past participle brood·ed, present participle brood·ing, 3rd person present singular broods) |
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1. intransitive verb worry: to be preoccupied with a troublesome or unwelcome thought
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2. intransitive verb think unpleasant thoughts: to think resentful, dark, or miserable thoughts
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3. transitive and intransitive verb hatch eggs: to sit on or hatch eggs, or cover nestlings for warmth
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4. intransitive verb be heavy or ominous: to loom or hang heavily and ominously
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literary
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  dark clouds brooding overhead
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noun (plural broods) |
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1. young of birds or animals: the young of an animal, especially young birds, that are born and reared together
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2. family's children: the children of one family
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informal humorous
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3. group of similar people: a group whose members share a common origin or background
the latest brood of avant-garde artists
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adjective |
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kept for breeding: describes a female farm animal that is kept for the purpose of producing young
a brood mare
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| [ Old English brōd< Indo-European, "heat"] |
