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Meaning of
brood
in English
brood
us
//bruːd//
uk
//brud//
#common
Plural
broods
Past Tense
brooded
Participle Verb
brooding
Third Person Singular
broods
Definitions
Verb
to
ponder
or
dwell
on
thoughts
moodily
(
often
alone
)
She
sat
alone
and
began
to
brood
about
her
past
mistakes
.
to
nurture
and
care
for
something
developing
;
foster
The
mother
hen
will
brood
over
her
eggs
until
they
hatch
.
Noun
young
of
birds
or
fowl
from
one
hatch
The
brood
of
chicks
followed
their
mother
around
the
farm
.
children
of
one
family
The
family
of
five
children
was
a
lively
and
energetic
brood
.
eggs
and
larvae
of
social
insects
The
beekeeper
carefully
monitored
the
brood
of
honeybees
in
the
hive
.
offspring
of
egg-laying
creatures
The
farmer
collected
the
brood
of
ducklings
from
the
incubator
and
moved
them
to
the
pond
.
Compounds / Phrases
broodmare
broodmares
