brood

brood
1. SYN: litter (2). 2. To ponder anxiously; to meditate morbidly.

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brood 'brüd n the young of an animal or a family of young esp the young (as of a bird or insect) hatched or cared for at one time
brood vt
1 a) to sit on or incubate (eggs)
b) to produce by or as if by incubation
2) to think anxiously or gloomily about vi
1) of a bird to brood eggs or young
2 a) to dwell gloomily on a subject
b) to be in a state of depression

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  • brood — brood; brood·er; brood·i·ness; brood·less; mul·ti·brood·ed; brood·ing·ly; …   English syllables

  • Brood — Brood, a. 1. Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs. [1913 Webster] 2. Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Brood — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Los Brood son una raza ficticia de seres extraterrestres con aspecto parecido a insectos que aparecen en las historietas publicadas por la Marvel Comics, especiamente en Uncanny X Men. Creados por el escritor Chris… …   Wikipedia Español

  • brood — [bro͞od] n. [ME & OE brod, akin to Ger brut, a hatching: for IE base see BREATH] 1. the offspring, or a family of offspring, of animals; esp., a group of birds or fowl hatched at one time and cared for together 2. all the children in a family 3.… …   English World dictionary

  • brood|y — «BROO dee», adjective, brood|i|er, brood|i|est. 1. brooding: »a broody hen. 2. inclined to brood as a hen does; moody: » …   Useful english dictionary

  • Brood — (br[=o]ch), 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Brood — (br[=oo]d), v. t. 1. To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens. [1913 Webster] 2. To cherish with care. [R.] [1913 Webster] 3. To think anxiously or moodily upon. [1913 Webster] You ll sit and brood your sorrows on a throne.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Brood X — (brood 10) is one of 15 broods of periodical cicadas that appear regularly throughout the eastern United States. It has the greatest range and concentration of any of the 17 year cicadas. [http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/highlights/periodicalCicada.html]… …   Wikipedia

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