n.

1. The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time and cared for by the same mother. See synonyms at flock¹.
2. The children in one family.

v., brood·ed, brood·ing, broods.

v.tr.

1. To sit on or hatch (eggs).
2. To protect (young) by or as if by covering with the wings.

v.intr.

1. To sit on or hatch eggs.
2. To hover envelopingly; loom.
3. 1. To be deep in thought; meditate.
   2. To focus the attention on a subject persistently and moodily; worry: brooded over the insult for several days.
   3. To be depressed.

adj.

Kept for breeding: a brood hen.

[Middle English, from Old English brōd.]

broodingly brood'ing·ly adv.

SYNONYMS  brood, dwell, fret, mope, stew, worry. These verbs mean to turn 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; stewing over her upcoming trial; worrying about the unpaid bills. See also synonyms at flock.

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noun

1. The offspring, as of an animal or a bird, for example, that are the result of one breeding season: litter, young. See kin.
2. A group consisting of those descended directly from the same parents or ancestors: get, issue, offspring, posterity, progeny, seed. See kin.

verb

To focus the attention on something moodily and at length: cark, dwell, fret, mope, worry. Informal stew. See concern/unconcern, thoughts.

n

Definition: cluster of children
Antonyms: child

v

Definition: agonize over
Antonyms: not worry

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Offspring or pertaining to offspring.

• b. mare — a mare dedicated to the production of foals.

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IN BRIEF: All the babies in a family. Birds hatched together.

The sparrow kept her brood in the nest in the old elm tree.

Tutor's tip: The woman's "brood" (offspring) "brewed" (simmered) over the imagined offenses of their neighbor.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - kuld
v. tr. - udruge
v. intr. - ruge, lægge på æg
adj. - ruge-

Nederlands (Dutch)
piekeren, broeden, broed, broedsel, kroost, verzameling

Français (French)
n. - couvée, volée, naissain
v. tr. - broyer du noir, se tracasser, ressasser, ruminer
v. intr. - couver (un oiseau), menacer, broyer du noir, ruminer, ressasser (le passé)
adj. - rêveur, distrait, couveuse (une poule)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Brut
v. - grübeln, brüten
adj. - brütend, zur Zucht bestimmt

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κλωσώ, (μτφ.) μελαγχολώ, στοχάζομαι με μελαγχολία
n. - κοπάδι νεοσσών, κλωσόπουλα από την ίδια επώαση, (μτφ.) βλαστάρια, τσούρμο κουτσούβελα οικογένειας

Italiano (Italian)
angustiarsi, covare, covata

Português (Portuguese)
v. - chocar, preocupar-se
n. - ninhada (f), prole (f) (fig.)

Русский (Russian)
высиживать, нависать, выводок, потомство

Español (Spanish)
n. - cría, camada, progenie, prole
v. tr. - cavilar, empollar, encobar, incubar
v. intr. - preocuparse
adj. - clueca

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - ruva, kläcka, grubbla
n. - kull

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
一窝, 一伙, 孵, 沉思, 孵蛋, 考虑, 抱窝似地静坐, 忧伤, 担忧, 为繁殖而饲养的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 一窩, 一伙
v. tr. - 孵, 沈思
v. intr. - 孵蛋, 沈思, 考慮, 抱窩似地靜坐, 憂傷, 擔憂
adj. - 為繁殖而飼養的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 한 배 병아리, 아이들, 종류
v. tr. - ~을 품다, 따뜻하게 해주다
v. intr. - 알을 품다, 내리 덮다, 곰곰이 생각하다
adj. - 알을 품는

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 一かえりのひな, 子供たち
v. - 卵を抱く, たれこめる, 考え込む, 気に病む, 抱く, 心にいだく
adj. - 繁殖のための

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) حضنت البيض أو رقدت عليه, تأمل (الاسم) نسل عائله, أم و أطفالها, الصغار‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קבוצה, בריכה, אפרוחים, מדגר, ילדי המשפחה (מדוברת), קבוצת דברים הקשורים זה בזה, זחלי דבורים או צרעות‬
v. tr. - ‮דגר, דאג‬
v. intr. - ‮דאג, ריחפה (סערה, שתיקה וכו')‬
adj. - ‮מוחזק לרבייה‬

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