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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

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.
    • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
      Ay, lord, she will become thy bed, I warrant, / And bring thee forth brave brood.
    • 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 243:
      Garland Green, the tenth in a brood of eleven, was born on June 24, 1942, in Dunleath, Mississippi.
  5. That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
  6. Parentage.
  7. (mining) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.

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Adjective

brood (not comparable)

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

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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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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch brood, from Middle Dutch brôot, from Old Dutch *brōt, 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 *brōt, 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

Usage notes

  • Note that the diminutive broodje has specific meanings which the base form lacks.

Derived terms

Descendants

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

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    brood

    2. broad

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