brood
21brood — brood1 [bru:d] v 1.) to keep thinking about something that you are worried or upset about ▪ Don t sit at home brooding all day. brood over/about/on ▪ There s no point brooding over it she s gone. 2.) if a bird broods, it sits on its eggs to make… …
22brood — brood1 [ brud ] verb intransitive 1. ) to think and worry about something a lot: brood about/over: Don t sit and brood over it for weeks. 2. ) if a bird broods, it sits on its eggs until the young birds are born brood brood 2 [ brud ] noun count… …
23brood — [[t]bru͟ːd[/t]] broods, brooding, brooded 1) N COUNT: usu with supp A brood is a group of baby birds that were born at the same time to the same mother. 2) N COUNT: usu sing (emphasis) You can refer to someone s young children as their brood when …
24brood — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English brōd; akin to Middle High German bruot brood and perhaps to Old English beorma yeast more at barm Date: before 12th century 1. the young of an animal or a family of young; especially the young… …
25brood — 1. SYN: litter (2). 2. To ponder anxiously; to meditate morbidly. * * * brood brüd n the young of an animal or a family of young esp the young (as of a bird or insect) hatched or cared for at one time brood vt 1 a) to sit on or incubate (eggs) b) …
26brood — [[t]brud[/t]] n. 1) zool. a number of young produced or hatched at one time; family of offspring or young 2) a breed, species, group, or kind 3) orn to sit upon (eggs) to hatch, as a bird; incubate 4) orn (of a bird) to warm, protect, or cover… …
27Brood — This rare and unusual surname is seemingly English. Recorded in a wide variety of recordings, although all are quite rare, and including Brood, Broode, Broodes, Broyd and Brude, it would appear to be a nickname of occupation for a game or chicken …
28brood — v. (D; intr.) to brood about, over * * * [bruːd] over (D; intr.) to brood about …
29brood — [OE] Like breed, brood came from a prehistoric Germanic base *brōd , whose ultimate source was Indo European *bhrē ‘burn, heat’ (its other English descendants include braise, breath, and probably brawn). The underlying notion of brood is thus not …
30brood — 1. noun 1) the bird flew to feed its brood Syn: offspring, young, progeny; family, hatch, clutch 2) informal Gill was the youngest of the brood Syn: family; children, offspring, youngsters …
