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Definition of broodnext
as in to hatch
to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop don't disturb the hen while she's brooding

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brood

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noun

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as in hatch

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as in swarm

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Recent Examples of brood
Verb
Sumptuous staging, by Mary Zimmerman, evokes the brooding chiaroscuro of Artemisia Gentileschi’s paintings, while Didi Romero relishes every commedia dell’arte lazzo as the big-haired Duchessa. — Rhoda Feng, New Yorker, 24 July 2026 The show follows the dark, century-spanning relationship between brooding 1800s New Orleanian Louis de Pointe du Lac (played by Jacob Anderson) and his maker, Lestat de Lioncourt (played by Sam Reid). — Hannah Giorgis Yohannes, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026
Noun
From water sports to biking to geocaching to shopping, there’s a plethora of activities for everyone in your brood. — Wendy Altschuler, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 In addition, copper piping allows visitors to breathe in air directly from the bee brood chambers, which is claimed to have natural organic compounds and has a sweet scent of raw honey and beeswax. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for brood
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brood
  1. hatch
  2. offspring
  3. swarm
  4. spawn
  5. progeny
  6. colony
  7. sit
  8. seed
Verb
  • He’s hatched comedies like Letterkenny, Shoresy and Children Ruin Everything.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Prior to the 2011-2012 nesting season, no bald eagle chicks were known to have ever hatched in Big Bear Valley.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of hatch
Noun
  • Myers said these teacup animals usually come about through reproductive technology and selective breeding, where people repeatedly breed the smallest animals, then use the smallest offspring to reproduce.
    — Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Bears #901 and #384 are two of her adult offspring who have been seen in the park.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of offspring
Noun
  • With only two publicly demonstrated ready-to-fire missiles, a vehicle like this would be poorly suited to independently handle a large drone swarm.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Also late last week, evidence emerged that a different swarm of OpenAI’s AI agents had taken over a German wiki page and that OpenAI had failed to disclose the incident.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of swarm
Verb
  • The iconic science fiction series, which has spawned a myriad of spin-offs and feature films (not to mention all the merch), has inspired countless engineers, scientists and space fans over six decades.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The era also spawned a spate of straight-to-video series like Girls Gone Wild and The Best of Backyard Wrestling, advertised heavily on the outer fringes of cable and late night TV.
    — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of spawn
Noun
  • Others criticized them for often being the progeny of Asian mothers and white fathers, as though this were somehow their fault.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
  • This renunciation has had little impact on their progeny, who already studied them for years and viewed their content as a portrait of a viable future.
    — Margaux MacColl, Vanity Fair, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of progeny
Noun
  • Though Argentina was never a British colony, British influence and money played a crucial role in the growth of the Argentine state in the decades after its establishment in 1816.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The impact of the law has also damaged faith in the freedoms of the former British colony, which returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
    — Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of colony
Verb
  • The hardest pictures to obtain came from a nude sitting with Scavullo.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
  • My aunt was sitting at a round, wooden table with her left hand wrapped around a styrofoam Wienerschitzel cup on the table; her right hand rested above her stomach.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of sit
Noun
  • Israel robs children of their smallest joys because joy is the seed of hope, and that is how the body learns that captivity is not the natural condition of life.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
  • By focusing on state-level reforms and bipartisan bills to bolster obstetric care, organizers hope the seed funding draws matching dollars from governments and corporations to tackle a $165-billion-a-year crisis.
    — Glenn Gamboa, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
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