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brood / broōd/ • n. a family of young animals, esp. of a bird, produced at one hatching or birth: a brood of chicks. ∎ bee or wasp larvae. ∎ inf. all of the children in a family: she was brought up by a loving stepfather as part of a brood of eight. ∎ a group of things or people having a similar character: a remarkable brood of writers. • v. 1. [intr.] think deeply about something that makes one unhappy: he brooded over his need to find a wife. 2. [tr.] (of a bird) sit on (eggs) to hatch them. ∎ (of a fish, frog, or invertebrate) hold (developing eggs) within the body. 3. [usu. foll. by over] (of silence, a storm, etc.) hang or hover closely: a winter storm broods over the lake. • adj. (of an animal) kept to be used for breeding: a brood mare. |
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"brood." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "brood." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-brood.html "brood." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-brood.html |
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Broodthe young of animals or of birds, hatched or reared at the same time or from the same dam. See also aerie, breed, fry. Examples: brood of birds, 1530; of blackgame, 1805; of smallboats; of chess players [modern pun on to 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. |
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"Brood." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Brood." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300176.html "Brood." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300176.html |
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brood progeny, offspring. OE. brōd, corr. to OHG. bruot (G. brut. f. Gmc. *brōd-, f. *brō warm, heat.
Hence brood vb. sit on eggs XV. hover over XVI; meditate intensely XVIII. broody (a broody hen) inclined to sit OE.; †prolific. OE. brōdiġ; see -Y1. |
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T. F. HOAD. "brood." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "brood." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-brood.html T. F. HOAD. "brood." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-brood.html |
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brood
1. (noun) All of the offspring that hatch from a single clutch of eggs. 2. (verb) To incubate eggs. |
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MICHAEL ALLABY. "brood." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL ALLABY. "brood." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O14-brood.html MICHAEL ALLABY. "brood." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O14-brood.html |
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brood
•allude, brood, collude, conclude, crude, delude, dude, elude, étude, exclude, extrude, exude, feud, food, illude, include, intrude, Jude, lewd, mood, nude, obtrude, occlude, Oudh, preclude, protrude, prude, pseud, pultrude, rood, rude, seclude, shrewd, snood, transude, unglued, unsubdued, who'd, you'd
•habitude
•magnitude • seafood • wholefood
•Quaalude • postlude • interlude
•Ermintrude • Gertrude • unvalued
•prelude • quietude • hebetude
•longitude • amplitude
•similitude, verisimilitude
•solitude • plenitude • finitude
•decrepitude • turpitude • pulchritude
•crassitude, lassitude
•solicitude, vicissitude
•attitude, beatitude, gratitude, latitude, platitude
•exactitude • sanctitude • aptitude
•rectitude • ineptitude • promptitude
•fortitude • multitude • certitude
•servitude • consuetude
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"brood." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "brood." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-brood.html "brood." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-brood.html |
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