BROOD

brood

(noun) the young of an animal cared for at one time

brood, hatch, cover, incubate

(verb) sit on (eggs); “Birds brood”; “The female covers the eggs”

brood, dwell

(verb) think moodily or anxiously about something

grizzle, brood, stew

(verb) be in a huff; be silent or sullen

sulk, pout, brood

(verb) be in a huff and display one’s displeasure; “She is pouting because she didn’t get what she wanted”

brood, hover, loom, bulk large

(verb) hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; “The terrible vision brooded over her all day long”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

brood (countable and uncountable, plural broods)

The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.

(uncountable) The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time.

(countable, uncountable) The eggs and larvae of social insects such as bees, ants and some wasps, especially when gathered together in special brood chambers or combs within the colony.

(countable, uncountable) The children in one family; offspring.

That which is bred or produced; breed; species.

Parentage.

(mining) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.

Adjective

brood (not comparable)

Kept or reared for breeding, said of animals.

Verb

brood (third-person singular simple present broods, present participle brooding, simple past and past participle brooded)

(transitive) To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.

(transitive) To protect (something that is gradually maturing); to foster.

(intransitive) (typically with about or over) To dwell upon moodily and at length, mainly alone.

(intransitive) To be bred.

Anagrams

• Dobro, boord, dobro, droob

Source: Wiktionary

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Brood, n. Etym: [OE. brod, AS. brod; akin to D. broed, OHG. bruot, G. brut, and also to G. brühe broth, MHG. brüeje, and perh. to E. brawn, breath. Cf. Breed, v. t.]

1. The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chicken. As a hen doth gather her brood under her wings. Luke xiii. 34. A hen followed by a brood of ducks. Spectator.

2. 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. The lion roars and gluts his tawny brood. Wordsworth.

3. That which is bred or produced; breed; species. Flocks of the airy brood, (Cranes, geese or long-necked swans). Chapman.

4. (Mining)

Definition: Heavy waste in tin and copper ores. To sit on brood, to ponder. [Poetic] Shak.

Brood, a.

1. Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.

2. Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow.

Brood, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Brooded; p. pr. & vb. n. Brooding.]

1. 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. Birds of calm sir brooding on the charmed wave. Milton.

2. 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. Brooding on unprofitable gold. Dryden. Brooding over all these matters, the mother felt like one who has evoked a spirit. Hawthorne. When with downcast eyes we muse and brood. Tennyson.

Brood, v. t.

1. To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens.

2. To cherish with care. [R.]

3. To think anxiously or moodily upon. You'll sit and brood your sorrows on a throne. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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