BROOD
\bɹˈuːd], \bɹˈuːd], \b_ɹ_ˈuː_d]\
Definitions of BROOD
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"
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sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs"
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be in a huff and display one's displeasure; "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted"
By Princeton University
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hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"
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sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens.
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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.
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That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
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Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
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Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.
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Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow.
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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.
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To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens.
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To cherish with care.
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To think anxiously or moodily upon.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens.
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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.
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That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
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Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
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Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.
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Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow.
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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.
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To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens.
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To cherish with care.
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To think anxiously or moodily upon.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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Offspring; the young birds hatched at one time.
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To sit on eggs, as a hen; linger sorrowfully; with on or over.
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To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, to brood eggs.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To sit upon or cover in order to breed or hatch: to cover, as with wings: to think anxiously for a long time.
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To mature or cherish with care.
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Something bred: offspring: the number hatched at once.
By Daniel Lyons
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A number hatched at once; offspring.
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To cover in order to hatch; to cover as with wings; to think persistently.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To cover, as a bird its young; incubate; cherish; nurse; meditate.
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All the young birds of a single hatching; offspring; progeny.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The number of birds hatched at once; offspring; that which is bred. See Breed.
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To sit over and cover; to cherish; to meditate.
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To sit on in order to hatch; to cover with the wings; to continue anxiously pondering.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To sit over, as a bird over her eggs; to spread over as with wings; to dwell on a subject in anxious thought; to cherish.
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Offspring; progeny; the number of birds hatched at a time.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
