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Found in thesaurus: animal group, worry, care, hang, pout, brood, sulk, reproduce, procreate, multiply

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brood
v. hatch, incubate; muse, reflect, think; sulk
 
adj. kept for breeding
 
n. clutch, hatch, group of young born or hatched at the same time (especially of birds); family, children; group of related objects

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Brood
Brood may refer to:
  • Brood, a collective term for offspring
  • Brooding, the incubation of bird eggs by their parents
  • Brood (honeybee), the young of a beehive
  • The Brood, a 1979 horror film directed by David Cronenberg
  • Brood (comics), an alien species from the Marvel Comics universe
  • The Brood, and The New Brood, WWF professional wrestling stables in 1999
  • The Brood (band), a crossover thrash band from Venice, California
  • The Brood (album), a 1984 album by Herman Brood
  • Broods, a New Zealand pop music duo
  • "The Brood", an episode of the television series of Exosquad
  • Elliott Brood, a death country band from Toronto
  • Brood, the dragon clan in Breath of Fire III
  • Individual broods of North American periodical cicadas:
    • Brood X, the largest brood, which emerges on a 17-year cycle
    • Brood XIII, a brood centered on Northern Illinois and its surrounding area, which also emerges on a 17-year cycle.
    • Brood XIX, a large brood in the Southern United States which emerges on a 13-year cycle

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brood
Noun
1. the young of an animal cared for at one time
(hypernym) animal group
(hyponym) clutch
(derivation) hatch, cover, incubate
Verb
1. think moodily or anxiously about something
(synonym) dwell
(hypernym) worry, care
2. hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"
(synonym) hover, loom, bulk large
(hypernym) hang
3. be in a huff and display one's displeasure; "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted"
(synonym) sulk, pout
(hyponym) grizzle, stew
(entail) resent
4. be in a huff; be silent or sullen
(synonym) grizzle, stew
(hypernym) sulk, pout
5. sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs"
(synonym) hatch, cover, incubate
(hypernym) reproduce, procreate, multiply
(entail) sit down, sit
(verb-group) breed, cover


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brood (het)
n. bread, loaf; money (Slang)

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brood
v. přemítat; dumat; sedět na vejcích
 
n. mláďata z jedné snůšky