brood
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brood
(bro͞od)n.
1. The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds hatched at one time and cared for together.
2. The children in one family.
v. brood·ed, brood·ing, broods
v.intr.
1.
a. To focus the attention on a subject persistently and moodily; worry: brooded about his future; brooded over the insult for several days.
b. To be depressed: All he seemed to do was sit and brood.
2.
a. To sit on or hatch eggs.
b. To protect developing eggs or young.
3. To hover envelopingly; hang: Mist brooded over the moor.
v.tr.
1. To think about (something) persistently or moodily: brooded that her work might come to nothing.
2.
a. To sit on or hatch (eggs).
b. To protect (developing eggs or young).
adj.
Kept for breeding: a brood hen.
brood′ing·ly adv.
Synonyms: brood, dwell, fret1, mope, worry
These verbs mean to turn something 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; worrying about the unpaid bills.
These verbs mean to turn something 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; worrying about the unpaid bills.
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brood
(bruːd)n
1. (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. (Breeds) (as modifier) kept for breeding: a brood mare.
vb
5. (Zoology) (of a bird)
a. to sit on or hatch (eggs)
b. (tr) to cover (young birds) protectively with the wings
6. (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]
ˈbrooding n, adj
ˈbroodingly adv
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brood
(brud)n.
1. a number of young produced or hatched at one time; family of offspring or young.
2. a breed, species, group, or kind.
v.t. 3. to sit upon (eggs) to hatch, as a bird; incubate.
4. (of a bird) to warm, protect, or cover (young) with the wings or body.
5. to think or worry persistently or moodily about; ponder: to brood a problem.
v.i. 6. to sit upon eggs to be hatched, as a bird.
7. to dwell on a subject or to meditate with morbid persistence (usu. fol. by over or on).
adj. 8. kept for breeding: a brood hen.
[before 1000; Middle English; Old English brōd; c. Middle Dutch broet, Old High German bruot; akin to breed]
brood′less, adj.
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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.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
brood
Past participle: brooded
Gerund: brooding
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| 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 |
| 2. | brood - hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long" 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" | |
| 4. | brood - be in a huff; be silent or sullen | |
| 5. | brood - sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs" 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" |
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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
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brood
noun1. The offspring, as of an animal or a bird, for example, that are the result of one breeding season:
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Translations
تَرْخُمُ ، تَحْضِنُعَدَدُ الصِّغاريُفَكِّرُ بِقَلَق، يَسْتَسْلِمُ للكآبَه
dumatmláďatasedět na vejcích
kuldrugeflokgruble
hautoakatraspesuepoikuevartioida
fészekaljatûnõdik
liggja áungahópurvelta sér upp úr
perėtisukti galvąsvarstytivada
pārdomātperējumsperēt
sedieť na vajciach
ältaruva
arpacı kumrusu gibi düşünmekkara kara düşünmekkuluçkaya yatmakkuş yavruları
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
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
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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
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
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
brood
n (lit, fig) → Brut f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
brood
[bruːd]2. vi (bird) → covare (fig) (person) → rimuginare, stare a pensare
brood on vi + prep → rimuginare su, stare a pensare a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
brood
(bruːd) verb1. (of birds) to sit on eggs.
2. to think (about something) anxiously for some time. There's no point in brooding about what happened.
noun the number of young hatched at one time.
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