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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 clutch

2. 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_on

3. brood [ v ] hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
Examples: "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"

Synonyms loom brood bulk_large hover Related Terms hang

4. brood [ v ] be in a huff and display one's displeasure
Examples: "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted"

Synonyms pout brood sulk Related Terms sulk sourpuss resent

5. brood [ v ] be in a huff; be silent or sullen

Synonyms sulk stew brood grizzle Related Terms be sulk fret

6. brood [ a ] good at incubating eggs especially a fowl kept for that purpose
Examples: "a brood hen"

Synonyms brooding hatching brood Related Terms oviparous

7. brood [ v ] sit on (eggs)
Examples: "Birds brood" "The female covers the eggs"

Synonyms incubate hatch cover brood Related Terms reproduce hatch breed hatch brooding incubator sit_down

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