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Webster 1913 Edition

Brood

Brood

(broōd)
,
Noun.
[OE.
brod
, AS.
brōd
; akin to D.
broed
, OHG.
bruot
, G.
brut
, and also to G.
brühe
broth, MHG.
brüeje
, and perh. to E.
brawn
,
breath
. Cf.
Breed
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch;
as, a
brood
of chickens
.
As a hen doth gather her
brood
under her wings.
Luke xiii. 34.
A hen followed by a
brood
of ducks.
Spectator.
2.
The young from the same dam, whether produced at the same time or not; young children of the same mother, especially if nearly of the same age; offspring; progeny;
as, a woman with a
brood
of children
.
The lion roars and gluts his tawny
brood
.
Wordsworth.
3.
That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
Flocks of the airy
brood
,
(Cranes, geese or long-necked swans).
Chapman.
4.
(Mining)
Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
To sit on brood
,
to ponder.
[Poetic]
Shak.

Brood

,
Adj.
1.
Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.
2.
Kept for breeding from;
as, a
brood
mare; brood stock
; having young;
as, a
brood
sow
.

Brood

(brōch)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Brooded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Brooding
.]
1.
To sit on and cover eggs, as a fowl, for the purpose of warming them and hatching the young; or to sit over and cover young, as a hen her chickens, in order to warm and protect them; hence, to sit quietly, as if brooding.
Birds of calm sir
brooding
on the charmed wave.
Milton.
2.
To have the mind dwell continuously or moodily on a subject; to think long and anxiously; to be in a state of gloomy, serious thought; – usually followed by over or on;
as, to
brood
over misfortunes
.
Brooding
on unprofitable gold.
Dryden.
Brooding
over all these matters, the mother felt like one who has evoked a spirit.
Hawthorne.
When with downcast eyes we muse and
brood
.
Tennyson.

Brood

(broōd)
,
Verb.
T.
1.
To sit over, cover, and cherish;
as, a hen
broods
her chickens
.
2.
To cherish with care.
[R.]
3.
To think anxiously or moodily upon.
You’ll sit and
brood
your sorrows on a throne.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Brood

BROOD

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To sit on and cover, as a fowl on her eggs for the purpose of warming them and hatching chickens, or as a hen over her chickens, to warm and protect them.
2.
To sit on; to spread over, as with wings; as, to sit brooding over the vast abyss.
3.
To remain a long time in anxiety or solicitous thought; to have the mind uninterruptedly dwell a long time on a subject; as, the miser broods over his gold.
4.
To mature any thing with care.

BROOD

,
Verb.
T.
To sit over, cover and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens.
1.
To cherish.
You'll brood your sorrows on a throne.

BROOD

,
Noun.
Offspring; progeny; formerly used of human beings in elegant works, and we have brother, from this word; but it is now more generally used in contempt.
1.
A hatch; the young birds hatched at once; as a brood of chickens or of ducks.
2.
That which is bred; species generated; that which is produced.
Lybia's broods of poison.
3.
The act of covering the eggs, or of brooding. [Unusual.]

Definition 2024

Brood

Brood

See also: brood and Brööd

German Low German

Noun

Brood n (plural Broden)

  1. bread

Derived terms

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian brād, from Proto-Germanic *braudą. More at bread.

Noun

Brood n

  1. bread

Derived terms

brood

brood

See also: Brood and Brööd

English

Noun

brood ‎(plural broods)

  1. The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
    • Bible, Luke xiii. 34
      As a hen doth gather her brood under her wings.
  2. (uncountable) The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time.
  3. 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.
  4. The children in one family.
  5. That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
    • Chapman
      Flocks of the airy brood, / (Cranes, geese or long-necked swans).
  6. (mining) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.

Derived terms

Translations

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Verb

brood ‎(third-person singular simple present broods, present participle brooding, simple past and past participle brooded)

  1. (transitive) To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.
    In some species of birds, both the mother and father brood the eggs.
  2. (transitive) To protect.
    Under the rock was a midshipman fish, brooding a mass of eggs.
  3. (intransitive) To dwell upon moodily and at length.
    He sat brooding about the upcoming battle, fearing the outcome.
    • Nathaniel Hawthorne
      Brooding over all these matters, the mother felt like one who has evoked a spirit.
    • Tennyson
      when with downcast eyes we muse and brood

Translations

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch brood.

Noun

brood ‎(plural brode)

  1. bread

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -oːt
  • IPA(key): /broːt/

Etymology

From Old Dutch *brōd, from Proto-Germanic *braudą. Compare German Brot, Low German Broot, Brot, West Frisian brea, English bread, Danish brød.

Noun

Gesneden wittebrood
Sliced white bread

brood n ‎(plural broden, diminutive broodje n)

  1. A bread
  2. (by extension) Similar bakery product or other baked dish
  3. (metonymically) livelihood, especially in expressions like dagelijks brood

Derived terms

Anagrams

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English brād.

Adjective

brood

  1. broad

Descendants

Etymology

From Middle Low German brôt, from Old Saxon brōd, from Proto-Germanic *braudą. More at bread.

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