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Definition of broodsnext
present tense third-person singular of brood
as in spawns
to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop don't disturb the hen while she's brooding

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noun

plural of brood

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Recent Examples of broods
Verb
Veteran model Eva Herzigova is pictured in a sculptural skirt suit, while Liu Wen broods in a puffy leather bomber jacket. Miles Socha, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for broods
Verb
  • The energy of the collision spawns many new particles, including—sometimes—W bosons.
    Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2026
  • But reading the profile of Mohamad Eisa and Yolka Gessen left me with a kind of dread, the kind that comes when a spin-off from a hit show spawns a spin-off of its own, promising/threatening hundreds of new hours of content to keep up with.
    Jessa Crispin, Air Mail, 24 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Claire Randall falls through the stones at Inverness and, after escaping the clutches of series-best villain Black Jack Randall, links up with those Highlanders and spends time at Castle Leoch and Lallybroch.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The import taxes have raised the costs of engines, steel, gearboxes and clutches made abroad that Allen needs to build power trowels that can sell for up to $100,000 each.
    Josh Boak, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Mark Hamrick, a senior economic analyst with Bankrate, says households should focus on prioritizing essential spending over discretionary purchases.
    Tania Francois, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • In 2024, a sampling by San Diego County and the CDC representing the roughly 40,000 households close to the Tijuana River found 71% could smell sewage inside their homes and 69% had a member get sick from being exposed.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • With time running out to beat Russia, NASA hatches an 11th-hour plan to replace a veteran astronaut (Duvall) with a civilian geologist (Caan) for a one-way moon trip using a modified Gemini spacecraft.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 30 Mar. 2026
  • After successfully impersonating Sarah Kim as a customer in luxury shops across the city, Mi-jeong hatches a plan to kill Sarah Kim and take her place.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • There are still active farms, nursery clusters, equestrian properties and agricultural businesses throughout the Agricultural Reserve.
    Mike Atchison, Sun Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Sweet Viburnum Sweet viburnum is a fast-growing and low-maintenance hedge pick that closely resembles a hydrangea bush—thanks to its large clusters of round blooms.
    Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 18 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Inside, a fuzzy white possum, seduced by cat food, sits, befuddled.
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The Uptown location, which sits close to Hennepin Avenue and 36th Street in Minneapolis, served 402 clients last year.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 19 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The book was completed months before Anthropic’s redlines generated new interest in autonomous-drone swarms and killer robots, but even then the writing was on the wall.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The power of drone swarms on battlefields has been witnessed in multiple wars to date.
    Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Quigley’s blood alcohol content information was not public record until it was compelled by a judge in January of this year as part of discovery in a civil lawsuit.
    Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Try Natural Deterrents Castor oil, used kitty litter, cayenne powder, human hair, blood meal, and predator urine sprays are all commonly used to repel groundhogs.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Apr. 2026

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“Broods.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/broods. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.

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