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.
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
First Known Use: before 12th century
Origin and Etymology of brood
Middle English brod- (in compounds), attributive use of brod, brood 1brood
First Known Use: 15th century
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.
Origin and Etymology of brood
Middle English broden, verbal derivative of brod, brood 1brood
First Known Use: 15th century
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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