Definition of brod
1. brood [ n ] the young of an animal cared for at one time
Used in print:(B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)
The broods of workers that appear later tend to be bigger than the first ones , probably because they are better fed .
In most places , there are two generations a year , a second brood of adults appearing late in the summer .
(Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)
A brood of twenty-eight born at Brookfield_Zoo , near Chicago , ranged in_length from 22 to 33 - 1 2 inches and averaged 29 inches .
Lawrence_E_._Griffin gives measurements of nineteen young anacondas , presumably members of a brood , from `` South_America '' ; the extreme measurements of these fall between the lower_limit of the Brookfield brood and its average .
Lawrence_E_._Griffin gives measurements of nineteen young anacondas , presumably members of a brood , from `` South_America '' ; the extreme measurements of these fall between the lower_limit of the Brookfield brood and its average .
Synonyms brood Related Terms animal_group clutch2. brood [ v ] think moodily or anxiously about something
Used in print:(Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)
There the objective sat , brooding over all .
(Whit Masterson, Evil Come, Evil Go....)
Bake himself looked better ; any kind of job was better than brooding .
(James Thurber, "The Future, If Any, of Comedy,"...)
Moreland sat brooding for a full minute , during which I made each of us a new drink .
Synonyms brood dwell worry Related Terms chew_over worry dwell_on3. brood [ v ] hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
Examples:
"The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"
4. brood [ v ] be in a huff and display one's displeasure
Examples:
"She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted"
5. brood [ v ] be in a huff; be silent or sullen
Synonyms sulk stew brood grizzle Related Terms be sulk fret6. brood [ a ] good at incubating eggs especially a fowl kept for that purpose
Examples:
"a brood hen"
7. brood [ v ] sit on (eggs)
Examples:
"Birds brood"
"The female covers the eggs"
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