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* German: {{t+|de|brüten}}, {{t+|de|grübeln}}
* German: {{t+|de|brüten}}, {{t+|de|grübeln}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|αναλογίζομαι}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|αναλογίζομαι}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|kotlik}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|kotlik}}, {{t+|hu|rágódik}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|covare}}, {{t+|it|rimuginare}}, {{t|it|arrovellarsi}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|covare}}, {{t+|it|rimuginare}}, {{t|it|arrovellarsi}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|whakapaeko}}, {{t|mi|whakapuke}}, {{t|mi|whakapupuke}}, {{t|mi|whēnakonako}}, {{t|mi|whēnako}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|whakapaeko}}, {{t|mi|whakapuke}}, {{t|mi|whakapupuke}}, {{t|mi|whēnakonako}}, {{t|mi|whēnako}}

Revision as of 19:33, 12 April 2023

See also: Brood and Brööd

English

Etymology

From Middle English brood, brod, from Old English brōd (“brood; foetus; breeding, hatching”), from Proto-Germanic *brōduz (“heat, breeding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁- (“breath, mist, vapour, steam”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɹuːd/
  • Audio (US):(file)
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Noun

brood (countable and uncountable, plural broods)

  1. The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
  2. (uncountable) The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time.
  3. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, uncountable) The children in one family; offspring.
  5. That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
  6. Parentage.
  7. (mining) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.

Derived terms

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Translations

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See also

Adjective

brood (not comparable)

  1. (of animals) Kept or reared for breeding.
    brood ducks
    a brood mare

Translations

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 (something that is gradually maturing); to foster.
    Under the rock was a midshipman fish, brooding a mass of eggs.
  3. (intransitive) (typically with about or over) To dwell upon moodily and at length, mainly alone.
    He sat brooding about the upcoming battle, fearing the outcome.
  4. (intransitive) To be bred.

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Further reading

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch brood, from Middle Dutch brôot, from Old Dutch *brōd, from Proto-Germanic *braudą.

Pronunciation

Noun

brood (plural brode)

  1. (countable) A loaf of bread.
  2. (uncountable) bread.

Dutch

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Etymology

From Middle Dutch brôot, from Old Dutch *brōd, from Proto-West Germanic *braud, from Proto-Germanic *braudą.

Pronunciation

Noun

Gesneden wittebrood
Sliced white bread

brood n (plural broden, diminutive broodje n)

  1. (uncountable) Bread.
  2. (countable) A loaf of bread.
  3. (countable, by extension) A similar bakery product or other baked dish.
  4. (uncountable, metonymically) Someone's livelihood.

Derived terms

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Descendants

  • Afrikaans: brood
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: broto
  • Jersey Dutch: brôt
  • Negerhollands: brood, brot
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: brot

Anagrams

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English brād, from Proto-West Germanic *braid, from Proto-Germanic *braidaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

brood

  2. broad

Descendants

References

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