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Word: brood (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • The children in one family.
  • The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
  • uncountable The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time.

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Verb:

  • intransitive To dwell upon moodily and at length.
  • transitive To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.
  • transitive To protect.

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