[bruːd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a family of birds or other young animals produced at one hatching or birth
(e.g: a brood of chicks)

- bee or wasp larvae


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English brōd, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch broed and German Brut, also to breed. The verb was originally used with an object, i.e. ‘to nurse (feelings) in the mind’ (late 16th century), a figurative use of the idea of a hen nursing chicks under her wings

[bruːd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- think deeply about something that makes one unhappy, angry, or worried
(e.g: she had brooded over the subject a thousand times)

- (of a bird) sit on (eggs) to hatch them
(e.g: the male pheasant-tailed jacana takes over once the eggs are laid and broods them)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English brōd, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch broed and German Brut, also to breed. The verb was originally used with an object, i.e. ‘to nurse (feelings) in the mind’ (late 16th century), a figurative use of the idea of a hen nursing chicks under her wings

[bruːd], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of an animal) kept to be used for breeding
(e.g: a brood mare)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English brōd, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch broed and German Brut, also to breed. The verb was originally used with an object, i.e. ‘to nurse (feelings) in the mind’ (late 16th century), a figurative use of the idea of a hen nursing chicks under her wings