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brood

(bro͞od)

1. The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds hatched at one time and cared for together.

2. The children in one family.

v.brood·ed,brood·ing,broods

v.intr.

a. To focus the attention on a subject persistently and moodily; worry:brooded about his future; brooded over the insult for several days.

b. To be depressed:All he seemed to do was sit and brood.

a. To sit on or hatch eggs.

b. To protect developing eggs or young.

3. To hover envelopingly; hang:Mist brooded over the moor.

v.tr.

1. To think about (something) persistently or moodily:brooded that her work might come to nothing.

a. To sit on or hatch (eggs).

b. To protect (developing eggs or young).

adj.

Kept for breeding:a brood hen.

[Middle English, from Old Englishbrōd; seebhreu- inIndo-European roots.]

brood′ing·ly adv.

Synonyms: brood, dwell, fret¹, mope, worry
These verbs mean to turn something over in the mind moodily and at length:brooding about his decline in popularity; dwelled on her defeat; fretted over the loss of his job; moping about his illness; worrying about the unpaid bills.

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brood

(bruːd)

1. (Zoology) a number of young animals, esp birds, produced at one hatching

2.all the offspring in one family: often used jokingly or contemptuously

3.a group of a particular kind; breed

4. (Breeds) (as modifier) kept for breeding:a brood mare.

5. (Zoology) (of a bird)

a.to sit on or hatch (eggs)

b. (tr) to cover (young birds) protectively with the wings

6. (when:intr, often foll by on, overor upon) to ponder morbidly or persistently

[Old Englishbrōd; related to Middle High Germanbruot, Dutchbroed; see breed]

ˈbroodingn,adj

ˈbroodinglyadv

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

brood

(brud)
n.

1. a number of young produced or hatched at one time; family of offspring or young.

2. a breed, species, group, or kind.

v.t.

3. to sit upon (eggs) to hatch, as a bird; incubate.

4. (of a bird) to warm, protect, or cover (young) with the wings or body.

5. to think or worry persistently or moodily about; ponder: to brood a problem.

v.i.

6. to sit upon eggs to be hatched, as a bird.

7. to dwell on a subject or to meditate with morbid persistence (usu. fol. byover oron).

adj.

8. kept for breeding: a brood hen.

[before 1000; Middle English; Old Englishbrōd; c. Middle Dutchbroet, Old High Germanbruot; akin tobreed]

brood′less,adj.

Brood

the young of animals or of birds, hatched or reared at the same time or from the same dam. See alsoaerie,breed,fry.

Examples: brood of birds, 1530; of blackgame, 1805; of smallboats; of chess players [modern pun onto brood—Lipton, 1970]; of chicken, 1611; of daughters, 1896; of ducks, 1711; of eels, 1558; of eagles; of eggs; of folly, 1632; of game; of grouse; of guilty wishes, 1863; of hawks; of heath fowl, 1805; of hens, 1486; of kittens; of lies, 1798; of oysters [in second year], 1862; of petty despots, 1867; of poisons, 1719; of presbyterians, 1706; of salmon, 1389; of serpents, 1697; of silkworms, 1760; of time, 1597.

brood

Past participle:brooded
Gerund:brooding

Imperative
brood
brood

Present
I brood
you brood
he/she/it broods
we brood
you brood
they brood

Preterite
I brooded
you brooded
he/she/it brooded
we brooded
you brooded
they brooded

Present Continuous
I am brooding
you are brooding
he/she/it is brooding
we are brooding
you are brooding
they are brooding

Present Perfect
I have brooded
you have brooded
he/she/it has brooded
we have brooded
you have brooded
they have brooded

Past Continuous
I was brooding
you were brooding
he/she/it was brooding
we were brooding
you were brooding
they were brooding

Past Perfect
I had brooded
you had brooded
he/she/it had brooded
we had brooded
you had brooded
they had brooded

Future
I will brood
you will brood
he/she/it will brood
we will brood
you will brood
they will brood

Future Perfect
I will have brooded
you will have brooded
he/she/it will have brooded
we will have brooded
you will have brooded
they will have brooded

Future Continuous
I will be brooding
you will be brooding
he/she/it will be brooding
we will be brooding
you will be brooding
they will be brooding

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been brooding
you have been brooding
he/she/it has been brooding
we have been brooding
you have been brooding
they have been brooding

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been brooding
you will have been brooding
he/she/it will have been brooding
we will have been brooding
you will have been brooding
they will have been brooding

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been brooding
you had been brooding
he/she/it had been brooding
we had been brooding
you had been brooding
they had been brooding

Conditional
I would brood
you would brood
he/she/it would brood
we would brood
you would brood
they would brood

Past Conditional
I would have brooded
you would have brooded
he/she/it would have brooded
we would have brooded
you would have brooded
they would have brooded

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

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Noun	1.	brood - the young of an animal cared for at one time animal group - a group of animals clutch - a number of birds hatched at the same time
Verb	1.	brood - think moodily or anxiously about something dwell worry,care - be concerned with; "I worry about my grades"
	2.	brood - hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long" bulk large,loom,hover hang - be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive; "This worry hangs on my mind"; "The cloud of suspicion hangs over her" eclipse,overshadow,dominate - be greater in significance than; "the tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness"
	3.	brood - be in a huff and display one's displeasure; "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted" pout,sulk grizzle,stew,brood - be in a huff; be silent or sullen
	4.	brood - be in a huff; be silent or sullen grizzle,stew pout,sulk,brood - be in a huff and display one's displeasure; "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted"
	5.	brood - sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs" incubate,hatch,cover procreate,reproduce,multiply - have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant; "The Bible tells people to procreate" hatch - emerge from the eggs; "young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch" breed,cover - copulate with a female, used especially of horses; "The horse covers the mare"

brood

noun

1.offspring,young,issue,breed,infants,clutch,hatch,litter,chicks,progenyThe last brood of the elderly pair was hatched.

2.children,family,offspring,progeny,nearest and dearest,flesh and bloodShe flew to the defence of her brood.

verb

1.think,obsess,muse,ponder,fret,meditate,agonize,mull over,mope,ruminate,eat your heart out,dwell upon,repineShe constantly broods about her family.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

brood

noun

1.The offspring, as of an animal or a bird, for example, that are the result of one breeding season:

litter,young.

2.A group consisting of those descended directly from the same parents or ancestors:

get,issue,offspring,posterity,progeny,seed.

verb

To focus the attention on something moodily and at length:

cark,dwell,fret,mope,worry.

Informal:stew.

Translations

تَرْخُمُ ، تَحْضِنُعَدَدُ الصِّغاريُفَكِّرُ بِقَلَق، يَسْتَسْلِمُ للكآبَه

dumatmláďatasedět na vejcích

kuldrugeflokgruble

brüten Brut

hautoakatraspesuepoikuevartioida

couver nichée ruminer

fészekaljatûnõdik

liggja áungahópurvelta sér upp úr

covare covata nidiata rimuginare cova

perėtisukti galvąsvarstytivada

pārdomātperējumsperēt

broeden uitbroeden

ruge sture ungeflokk ungeskokk avkom

sedieť na vajciach

ältaruva

arpacı kumrusu gibi düşünmekkara kara düşünmekkuluçkaya yatmakkuş yavruları

一窝小鸡孵蛋沉思盘算

brood

[bruːd]

A.N (gen) →críaf,camadaf; [of chicks] →nidadaf; [of insects etc] →generaciónf (hum) [of children] →prolef

B.VI

1. [bird] →empollar

2. (fig) [person] →ponerse melancólico
to brood onor over →dar vueltas a
you mustn't brood over it →no debes darle tantasvueltas
disaster brooded over the town →secernía eldesastre sobre laciudad

C.CPDbrood mareN →yeguaf decría

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

brood

[ˈbruːd]

[birds] →couvéef

[children] →progénituref

[hen] →couver

[storm] →couver

[person] →broyer du noir
to brood about sth →ruminer sesor desinquiétudes à propos de qch,se faire du mauvais sang à propos de qch
to brood on sth, to brood over sth [+failure, misfortune] →remâcher qch; [+past] →ressasser qch; [+idea] →ruminer qch

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

brood

n (lit, fig) →Brutf

(bird) →brüten

(fig,person) →grübeln; (despondently also) →brüten

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

brood

[bruːd]

1.n (of chicks) →covata; (of birds) →nidiata (hum) (of children) →prolef

2.vi (bird) →covare (fig) (person) →rimuginare,stare apensare

brood onvi + prep →rimuginare su,stare apensare a

brood

(bruːd) verb

1. (of birds) to sit on eggs. broei تَرْخُمُ ، تَحْضِنُ (الدَّجاجةبَيْضَها للتَّفْقيس) мътя chocar sedět na vejcíchbrüten ruge κλωσώempollar hauduma روی تخم خوابیدن hautoacouver לִדגוֹר अंडे सेना sjediti na jajima költ mengeramcovare 卵を抱く 알을 품다 perėti perēt mengerambroedenruge wysiadywać د هګیو پرمخ ویده کیدل chocar a clociвысиживать sedieť na vajciach valiti ležati na jajima ruva กกไข่ kuluçkaya yatmak 孵蛋 висиджувати انڈوں پر بیٹھنا ấp trứng孵蛋

2. to think (about something) anxiously for some time.There's no point in brooding about what happened. peins, mymer, knies يُفَكِّرُ بِقَلَق، يَسْتَسْلِمُ للكآبَه замислям се cismar dumatbrüten ruge; gruble αναλογίζομαι με στενοχώριαrumiar,dar vueltas juurdlema غصه خوردن hautoaruminer לְהַרהֵר עַל चिन्ता करना mozgati tűnődik vmin bermurungrimuginare 考え込む 곰곰이 생각하다 svarstyti, sukti galvą pārdomāt memikir-mikirkantobbensture rozmyślać غصه کیدل cismar a se (tot) gândi (la)размышлять dumať tuhtati mozgati grubbla ครุ่นคิด kara kara düşünmek, arpacı kumrusu gibi düşünmek 盤算，沈思 обмірковувати کسی چیز کے بارے میں گہری سوچ میں پڑنا nghiền ngẫm 盘算，沉思

noun

the number of young hatched at one time. uitbroei عَدَدُ الصِّغار люпило ninhada mláďata (z jedné snůšky) die Brut kuld; flok κλωσόπουλα που εκκολάφθηκαν μαζίnidada,camada pesakond جوجه های همزاد pesuenichée קְבוּצַת אֶפְרוֹחִים बच्चे leglo fészekalja jumlah telur (eraman) yang menetascovata,nidiata １かえりのひな 한배의 병아리 vada perējums kuantiti anak-anak yang menetasbroedsel ungeflokk/-skokk,kull,avkomwyląg هغه د چرګی بچی چی یو ځای منځته راغلیninhada pui (clociţi)выводок mláďatá naraz narodené, vrh zarod nakot kull กลุ่มลูกไก่ที่เกิดพร้อมกัน kuş yavruları 一窩(雛鳥) виводок انڈوی میں سے بچے نکنے کی تعداد lứa一窝小鸡

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Instead of serried rows of bees sealing up every gap in the combs and keeping thebrood warm, he sees the skillful complex structures of the combs, but no longer in their former state of purity.

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Nothing there is motionless - Nothing save the airs thatbrood Over the magic solitude.

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"Don'tbrood too much," she wrote to Helen, "on the superiority of the unseen to the seen.

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The truth was, that the little Puritans, being of the most intolerantbrood that ever lived, had got a vague idea of something outlandish, unearthly, or at variance with ordinary fashions, in the mother and child, and therefore scorned them in their hearts, and not unfrequently reviled them with their tongues.

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It will serve to keep the squatter and hisbrood under cover, and for ourselves there is little reason to fear.

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And she rose up and drove them before her, till the bride saw them from her window, and was so pleased that she came forth and asked her if she would sell thebrood.

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His deep, oval-shaped eyes were fixed upon the flames, but behind the superficial glaze seemed tobrood an observant and whimsical spirit, which kept the brown of the eye still unusually vivid.

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Happily, however, during that spring, they never, but once, got anything but empty nests, or eggs--being too impatient to leave them till the birds were hatched; that once, Tom, who had been with his uncle into the neighbouring plantation, came running in high glee into the garden, with abrood of little callow nestlings in his hands.

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Foremost through the sparkling sea shoots on the gay, embattled, bantering bow, but only to drag dark Ahab after it, where hebroods within his sternward cabin, builded over the dead water of the wake, and further on, hunted by its wolfish gurglings.

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The more tensely hebrooded over the salient points in the life-history of his wife's brother, Bertie Baxter, the deeper did the iron become embedded in his soul.

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