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- Dictionarybrood/bruːd/
noun
- 1. a family of birds or other young animals produced at one hatching or birth: "a brood of chicks" Similar
- 2. bee or wasp larvae.
verb
- 1. think deeply about something that makes one unhappy, angry, or worried: "she had brooded over the subject a thousand times" Similar
- 2. (of a bird) sit on (eggs) to hatch them: "the male pheasant-tailed jacana takes over once the eggs are laid and broods them" Similar
adjective
- 1. (of an animal) kept to be used for breeding: "a brood mare"
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BROOD definition: 1. a group of young birds all born at the same time: 2. a person's young children: 3. to think…. Learn more.
The meaning of BROOD is the young of an animal or a family of young; especially : the young (as of a bird or insect) hatched or cared for at one time. How to use brood in a sentence. The Eggy History of Brood
noun. a number of young produced or hatched at one time; a family of offspring or young. a breed, species, group, or kind: The museum exhibited a brood of monumental sculptures. Synonyms: strain, stock, line.
BROOD meaning: 1. a group of young birds all born at the same time: 2. a person's young children: 3. to think…. Learn more.
A brood is a group of young born at the same time — like a brood of chicks — but your parents might use the word for you and your siblings: "We're taking the whole brood to the movies tonight." Brood is also what a chicken does when she sits on her eggs to hatch them.
noun. 1. 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. (as modifier) kept for breeding. a brood mare. verb.
Define brood. brood synonyms, brood pronunciation, brood translation, English dictionary definition of brood. 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 definition: 1. a family of young birds or animals, all born at the same time 2. to think for a long time about…. Learn more.
Meaning & use. 1. Progeny, offspring, young. 1.a. Old English–. esp. of animals that lay eggs, as birds, serpents, insects, etc. a brood: a family of young hatched at once, a hatch. OE. Þæt sind beon..of ðam hunige hi bredað heora brod. Ælfric, Homilies vol. II. 10. a1250. Ich not to hwan þu bredst þi brod. Owl & Nightingale 1634. c1385.
Definitions of 'brood' 1. A brood is a group of baby birds that were born at the same time to the same mother. [...] 2. You can refer to someone's young children as their brood when you want to emphasize that there are a lot of them. [emphasis] [...] 3. If someone broods over something, they think about it a lot, seriously and often unhappily.
