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brood B0501900 (bro͞od)n.1. The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds hatched at one time and cared for together.2. The children in one family.v. brood·ed, brood·ing, broods v.intr.1. a. To focus the attention on a subject persistently and moodily; worry: brooded about his future; brooded over the insult for several days.b. To be depressed: All he seemed to do was sit and brood.2. a. To sit on or hatch eggs.b. To protect developing eggs or young.3. To hover envelopingly; hang: Mist brooded over the moor.v.tr.1. To think about (something) persistently or moodily: brooded that her work might come to nothing.2. a. To sit on or hatch (eggs).b. To protect (developing eggs or young).adj. Kept for breeding: a brood hen.
[Middle English, from Old English brōd; see bhreu- in Indo-European roots.]
brood′ing·ly adv.Synonyms: brood, dwell, fret1, mope, worry
These verbs mean to turn something over in the mind moodily and at length: brooding about his decline in popularity; dwelled on her defeat; fretted over the loss of his job; moping about his illness; worrying about the unpaid bills.brood (bruːd) n1. (Zoology) a number of young animals, esp birds, produced at one hatching2. all the offspring in one family: often used jokingly or contemptuously3. a group of a particular kind; breed4. (Breeds) (as modifier) kept for breeding: a brood mare. vb5. (Zoology) (of a bird)a. to sit on or hatch (eggs)b. (tr) to cover (young birds) protectively with the wings6. (when: intr, often foll by on, over or upon) to ponder morbidly or persistently[Old English brōd; related to Middle High German bruot, Dutch broed; see breed] ˈbrooding n, adj ˈbroodingly advbrood (brud)
n. 1. a number of young produced or hatched at one time; family of offspring or young. 2. a breed, species, group, or kind. v.t. 3. to sit upon (eggs) to hatch, as a bird; incubate. 4. (of a bird) to warm, protect, or cover (young) with the wings or body. 5. to think or worry persistently or moodily about; ponder: to brood a problem. v.i. 6. to sit upon eggs to be hatched, as a bird. 7. to dwell on a subject or to meditate with morbid persistence (usu. fol. by over or on). adj. 8. kept for breeding: a brood hen. [before 1000; Middle English; Old English brōd; c. Middle Dutch broet, Old High German bruot; akin to breed] brood′less, adj. Brood the young of animals or of birds, hatched or reared at the same time or from the same dam. See also aerie, breed, fry.Examples: brood of birds, 1530; of blackgame, 1805; of smallboats; of chess players [modern pun on to brood—Lipton, 1970]; of chicken, 1611; of daughters, 1896; of ducks, 1711; of eels, 1558; of eagles; of eggs; of folly, 1632; of game; of grouse; of guilty wishes, 1863; of hawks; of heath fowl, 1805; of hens, 1486; of kittens; of lies, 1798; of oysters [in second year], 1862; of petty despots, 1867; of poisons, 1719; of presbyterians, 1706; of salmon, 1389; of serpents, 1697; of silkworms, 1760; of time, 1597.brood
Past participle: brooded
Gerund: brooding
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| I brood | | you brood | | he/she/it broods | | we brood | | you brood | | they brood |
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| I brooded | | you brooded | | he/she/it brooded | | we brooded | | you brooded | | they brooded |
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| I am brooding | | you are brooding | | he/she/it is brooding | | we are brooding | | you are brooding | | they are brooding |
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| I have brooded | | you have brooded | | he/she/it has brooded | | we have brooded | | you have brooded | | they have brooded |
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| I was brooding | | you were brooding | | he/she/it was brooding | | we were brooding | | you were brooding | | they were brooding |
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| I had brooded | | you had brooded | | he/she/it had brooded | | we had brooded | | you had brooded | | they had brooded |
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| I will brood | | you will brood | | he/she/it will brood | | we will brood | | you will brood | | they will brood |
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| I will have brooded | | you will have brooded | | he/she/it will have brooded | | we will have brooded | | you will have brooded | | they will have brooded |
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| I will be brooding | | you will be brooding | | he/she/it will be brooding | | we will be brooding | | you will be brooding | | they will be brooding |
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| I have been brooding | | you have been brooding | | he/she/it has been brooding | | we have been brooding | | you have been brooding | | they have been brooding |
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| I will have been brooding | | you will have been brooding | | he/she/it will have been brooding | | we will have been brooding | | you will have been brooding | | they will have been brooding |
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| I had been brooding | | you had been brooding | | he/she/it had been brooding | | we had been brooding | | you had been brooding | | they had been brooding |
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| I would brood | | you would brood | | he/she/it would brood | | we would brood | | you would brood | | they would brood |
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| I would have brooded | | you would have brooded | | he/she/it would have brooded | | we would have brooded | | you would have brooded | | they would have brooded |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | brood - the young of an animal cared for at one timeanimal group - a group of animalsclutch - a number of birds hatched at the same time | | Verb | 1. | brood - think moodily or anxiously about somethingdwellworry, care - be concerned with; "I worry about my grades" | | 2. | brood - hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"bulk large, loom, hoverhang - be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive; "This worry hangs on my mind"; "The cloud of suspicion hangs over her"eclipse, overshadow, dominate - be greater in significance than; "the tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness" | | 3. | brood - be in a huff and display one's displeasure; "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted"pout, sulkgrizzle, stew, brood - be in a huff; be silent or sullen | | 4. | brood - be in a huff; be silent or sullengrizzle, stewpout, sulk, brood - be in a huff and display one's displeasure; "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted" | | 5. | brood - sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs"incubate, hatch, coverprocreate, reproduce, multiply - have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant; "The Bible tells people to procreate"hatch - emerge from the eggs; "young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch"breed, cover - copulate with a female, used especially of horses; "The horse covers the mare" |
broodnoun1. offspring, young, issue, breed, infants, clutch, hatch, litter, chicks, progeny The last brood of the elderly pair was hatched.2. children, family, offspring, progeny, nearest and dearest, flesh and blood She flew to the defence of her brood.verb1. think, obsess, muse, ponder, fret, meditate, agonize, mull over, mope, ruminate, eat your heart out, dwell upon, repine She constantly broods about her family.broodnoun1. The offspring, as of an animal or a bird, for example, that are the result of one breeding season:litter, young.2. A group consisting of those descended directly from the same parents or ancestors:get, issue, offspring, posterity, progeny, seed.verbTo focus the attention on something moodily and at length:cark, dwell, fret, mope, worry.Informal: stew.Translationsbrood (bruːd) verb1. (of birds) to sit on eggs. 孵蛋 孵蛋2. to think (about something) anxiously for some time. There's no point in brooding about what happened. 盤算，沈思 盘算，沉思 noun the number of young hatched at one time. 一窩(雛鳥) 一窝小鸡brood
brood overTo worry anxiously or be despondent about something or someone, especially at great length and in isolation. I know you're upset about failing your exam, but don't brood over it all weekend. Tom's been brooding over our financial situation ever since he got laid off last month.See also: brood, overbrood about (someone or something)To worry, fret, or obsess over someone or something. Quit brooding about that fight you had with your girlfriend and just talk to her already! Recent financial losses have the boss brooding about the future of our small company.See also: broodbrood about someone or something and brood on someone or something; brood over someone or somethingto fret or be depressed about someone or something. Please don't brood about Albert. He is no good for you. There's no need to brood on Jeff. He can take care of himself.See also: broodBrood
brood[brüd] (botany) Heavily infested by insects. (zoology) The young of animals. To incubate eggs or cover the young for warmth. An animal kept for breeding. Brood the young members of a family of birds or mammals (hatchlings, litters). Sometimes the term also refers to the offspring and both parents or one (in polygamous species). The number of young animals in the brood or litter varies greatly from species to species, depending upon their fertility; for example, birds can have from one to 24 hatchlings, and mammals can have from one to 20 young. Even within one species the number of young can vary; in particular, it depends upon the climatic conditions of the year and other such factors. brood
brood (brūd), 1. Synonym(s): litter (2) 2. To ponder anxiously; to meditate morbidly. brood (bro͞od)n. The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds hatched at one time and cared for together.v. brooded, brooding, broods v.intr.a. To sit on or hatch eggs.b. To protect developing eggs or young.v.tr.a. To sit on or hatch (eggs).b. To protect (developing eggs or young).adj. Kept for breeding: a brood hen.
brood′ing·ly adv.brood Veterinary medicine
noun A posse of young birds hatched simultaneously.
Vox populi
noun A popular term for one’s offspring.
verb To ruminate upon something to a morbid degree; to ponder, often melancholily.BROOD
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brood
Related to brood: brood overSynonyms for broodnoun offspringSynonyms- offspring
- young
- issue
- breed
- infants
- clutch
- hatch
- litter
- chicks
- progeny
noun childrenSynonyms- children
- family
- offspring
- progeny
- nearest and dearest
- flesh and blood
verb thinkSynonyms- think
- obsess
- muse
- ponder
- fret
- meditate
- agonize
- mull over
- mope
- ruminate
- eat your heart out
- dwell upon
- repine
Synonyms for broodnoun the offspring, as of an animal or a bird, for example, that are the result of one breeding seasonSynonymsnoun a group consisting of those descended directly from the same parents or ancestorsSynonyms- get
- issue
- offspring
- posterity
- progeny
- seed
verb to focus the attention on something moodily and at lengthSynonyms- cark
- dwell
- fret
- mope
- worry
- stew
Synonyms for broodnoun the young of an animal cared for at one timeRelated Wordsverb think moodily or anxiously about somethingSynonymsRelated Wordsverb hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacingSynonymsRelated Words- hang
- eclipse
- overshadow
- dominate
verb be in a huff and display one's displeasureSynonymsRelated Wordsverb be in a huffSynonymsRelated Wordsverb sit on (eggs)SynonymsRelated Words- procreate
- reproduce
- multiply
- hatch
- breed
- cover
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