Brood
31brood — 1. noun she looked after her brood well Syn: offspring, young, family, litter, clutch, progeny 2. verb he does brood a lot Syn: think, ponder, contemplate, meditate, ruminate, muse, worry …
32brood — /brud / (say broohd) noun 1. a number of young creatures produced or hatched at one time; a family of offspring or young. 2. Colloquial a family: bring the whole brood over. 3. breed or kind. –verb (t) 4. to sit as a bird over (eggs or young);… …
33brood — [OE] Like breed, brood came from a prehistoric Germanic base *brōd , whose ultimate source was Indo European *bhrē ‘burn, heat’ (its other English descendants include braise, breath, and probably brawn). The underlying notion of brood is thus not …
34brood — 1. noun /bruːd/ a) The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother. b) The young of any egg laying creature, especially if produced at the same time. Syn: flock, litter, young …
35brood — noun 1》 a family of young animals, especially birds, produced at one hatching or birth. 2》 bee or wasp larvae. verb 1》 think deeply about something that makes one unhappy. 2》 [as adjective brooding] appearing darkly menacing. 3》 (of a bird) sit… …
36brood — 1 verb (I) 1 to keep thinking for a long time about something that you are worried, angry, or upset about: After the argument Simon sat in his room, brooding. (+ over/about/on): There s no point brooding over it she s gone. 2 if a bird broods, it …
37brood — [bruːd] verb [I] I to think and worry about something a lot II noun [C] brood [bruːd] a group of young birds that are born at the same time to the same mother …
38brood — 1. Of birds. Ohana manu. ♦ Mother hen and brood, kīnana. 2. Mull over. Nalu ho okaumaha …
39brood — n. & v. n. 1 the young of an animal (esp. a bird) produced at one hatching or birth. 2 colloq. the children in a family. 3 a group of related things. 4 bee or wasp larvae. 5 (attrib.) kept for breeding (brood mare). v. 1 intr. (often foll. by on …
40Brood parasite — Brood parasitism is a form of parasitism …
