Definition of brood
1 : the young of an animal or a family of young; especially : the young (as of a bird or insect) hatched or cared for at one time a hen with her brood of chicks
2 : a group having a common nature or origin the entire brood of chronicle plays — T. S. Eliot
3 : the children of a family takes their brood to church every Sunday
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Examples of brood in a Sentence
a hen and her brood of chicks
Mrs. Smith took her brood to church every Sunday.
Recent Examples of brood from the Web
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Buzzfeed pointed out yesterday that a lot of his posts are of his famous brood, Bella Hadid, Gigi Hadid, and Anwar Hadid.
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This brood last appeared in 2011, and should return in 2024.
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Natural progression The couple settles comfortably into their pregnancy and further bridge any gap between Chyna and the rest of the Kardashian/Jenner brood.
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Rainfall in May following the survey helped Wisconsin remain at above average wetland conditions for the year during the important brood-rearing period, and Wisconsin is expected to see good duck production in 2017, the DNR said.
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Does Novak risk becoming an easy target for big hitters in the future, especially now with a younger brood in the offing?
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In a fearlessly abrasive performance that doesn't entirely escape cliché, Cumming broods and chain-smokes as tortured artist Sam, occasionally breaking the tension by having joyless sex with hustlers.
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Or that asymmetric eggs pack together more easily and would allow females with large clutches to incubate their broods efficiently.
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The family also welcomed a cat, Hazel, to the brood, which also includes Instagram-famous BOTUS (Bunny of the United States, of course), Marlon Bundo.
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Origin and Etymology of brood
Middle English, from Old English brōd; akin to Middle High German bruot brood and perhaps to Old English beorma yeast — more at barm
Origin and Etymology of brood
Middle English brod- (in compounds), attributive use of brod, brood 1brood
brood
Definition of brood
transitive verb
1a : to sit on or incubate (eggs)b : to produce by or as if by incubation : hatch
2 of a bird : to cover (young) with the wings
3 : to think anxiously or gloomily about : ponder I used to brood these things on my walk — Christopher Morley
intransitive verb
1a of a bird : to brood eggs or youngb : to sit quietly and thoughtfully : meditate
3a : to dwell gloomily on a subject brooded over his mistakeb : to be in a state of depression sat brooding in her room
Examples of brood in a Sentence
He brooded over his mistake.
After the argument, she sat in her bedroom, brooding.
Recent Examples of brood from the Web
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Drawing inspiration from her Anti promo video, the Cut challenged makeup artists Candace Sheppard and Camara Aunique to mimic Rihanna’s brooding dark lip and jet-black brows.
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With that undercurrent, brooding 20-somethings can readily worship The Decemberists or Bright Eyes and still accompany their little brothers to an Imagine Dragons concert.
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President Trump has not been known to quietly brood about government officials who leak confidential information to the media.
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Don't get us wrong, that dimly lit, brooding profile shot would be amazing on your first album cover.
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If Americans are back to brooding about nuclear disaster, Japanese people have had no break from it since the Second World War.
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Samuel L. Jackson as a military officer, brooding about the loss of Vietnam, and Tom Hiddleston as a tracker hired to help out.
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Origin and Etymology of brood
Middle English broden, verbal derivative of brod, brood 1brood
BROOD Defined for English Language Learners
brood
playDefinition of brood for English Language Learners
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: a group of young birds (such as chickens) that were all born at the same time
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: the children in someone's family
brood
Definition of brood for English Language Learners
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: to think a lot about something in an unhappy way
BROOD Defined for Kids
Definition of brood for Students
brooded
;brooding
1 : to sit on eggs to hatch them
2 : to cover (young) with the wings for warmth and protection a hen brooding her chicks
3 : to think long and anxiously about something She brooded over her mistake.
Definition of brood for Students
1 : the young of birds hatched at the same time a brood of chicks
2 : a group of young children or animals having the same mother
Medical Dictionary
Medical Definition of brood
: the young of an animal or a family of young; especially : the young (as of a bird or insect) hatched or cared for at one time
brood
Medical Definition of brood
1a: to sit on or incubate (eggs)b: to produce by or as if by incubation
2: to think anxiously or gloomily about
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intransitive verb
of a bird : to brood eggs or young2a: to dwell gloomily on a subjectb: to be in a state of depression
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