brood
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (uncountable) The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time.uncountable
2. (countable, uncountable) The eggs and larvae of social insects such as bees, ants and some wasps, especially when gathered together in special brood chambers or combs within the colony.countableuncountable
3. (countable, uncountable) The children in one family; offspring.Examples: "Ay, lord, she will become thy bed, I warrant, / And bring thee forth brave brood."; "Garland Green, the tenth in a brood of eleven, was born on June 24, 1942, in Dunleath, Mississippi."countableuncountable
4. (mining) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.countableuncountable
adj (English)
1. (of animals) Kept or reared for breeding.Examples: "brood ducks"; "a brood mare"not-comparable
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.Examples: "In some species of birds, both the mother and father brood the eggs."transitive
2. (transitive) To protect (something that is gradually maturing); to foster.Examples: "Under the rock was a midshipman fish, brooding a mass of eggs."transitive
3. (intransitive) (typically with over, on or about) To dwell upon moodily and at length, mainly alone.Examples: "He sat brooding about the upcoming battle, fearing the outcome."; "As when with downcast eyes we muse and brood"; "Brooding over all these matters, the mother felt like one who has evoked a spirit."intransitive
4. (intransitive) To be bred.intransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary