brood
🇺🇸
/bruːd/
🇬🇧
/bruːd/
verb
R
to think too much about something that makes you sad or angry
Don't brood over small problems for too long.
R
when a bird sits on eggs to keep them warm until they hatch
The hen will brood on her eggs until they hatch.
noun
R
all the baby birds or animals born to a mother at one time
The mother bird fed her brood of chicks.
R
a large family of children
She came from a brood of six children.
translation
to think too much about something that makes you sad or angry; when a bird sits on eggs to keep them warm until they hatch
all the baby birds or animals born to a mother at one time; a large family of children
Word Forms
3rd Present
broods
Past
brooded
Perfect
brooded
Progressive
brooding
Plural
broods