brood
noun
[ bruːd ]
• a family of birds or other young animals produced at one hatching or birth.
• "a brood of chicks"
Similar:
offspring,
young,
progeny,
spawn,
family,
hatch,
clutch,
nest,
litter,
progeniture,
• bee or wasp larvae.
brood
verb
• think deeply about something that makes one unhappy, angry, or worried.
• "she had brooded over the subject a thousand times"
Similar:
worry about,
fret about,
agonize over,
mope over,
moon over,
languish over,
feel despondent about,
grieve over,
sulk about,
eat one's heart out over,
think about,
ponder,
contemplate,
pore over,
meditate on,
muse on,
mull over,
dwell on,
ruminate on/over,
chew over,
puzzle over,
weigh up,
turn over in one's mind,
• (of a bird) sit on (eggs) to hatch them.
• "the male pheasant-tailed jacana takes over once the eggs are laid and broods them"
brood
adjective
• (of an animal) kept to be used for breeding.
• "a brood mare"
Origin:
Old English brōd, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch broed and German Brut, also to breed. The verb was originally used with an object, i.e. ‘to nurse (feelings) in the mind’ (late 16th century), a figurative use of the idea of a hen nursing chicks under her wings.
