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brood

UK/bɹuːd/ US/bɹʉwd/ uncommon
noun (1) verb (5)

noun

1.

the young of an animal cared for at one time

verb

1.
2.

hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing

  • “The terrible vision brooded over her all day long”
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3.

be in a huff and display one''s displeasure

  • “She is pouting because she didn”
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4.

be in a huff; be silent or sullen

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5.

sit on (eggs)

  • “Birds brood”
  • “The female covers the eggs”
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Origin

From Middle English brood, brod, from Old English brōd (“brood; foetus; breeding, hatching”), from Proto-Germanic *brōduz (“heat, breeding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁- (“breath, mist, vapour, steam”).

Phrases

  • brood above
  • brood cell
  • brood chamber
  • brood cocoon
  • brood mare
  • brood nest
  • brood parasite
  • brood parasitism
  • brood patch

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