Brood
/bษนuหd/
The meaning and definition of Brood, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.
Definition
verb
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To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.
โIn some species of birds, both the mother and father brood the eggs.โ
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To protect (something that is gradually maturing); to foster.
โUnder the rock was a midshipman fish, brooding a mass of eggs.โ
adjective
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Kept or reared for breeding, said of animals.
โa brood mareโ
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