brood

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /bruːd/

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• Homophone: brewed

Noun

Singular brood

Plural broods

1. (countable) A brood is the young of certain animals hatched at one time by the same mother.

Verb

Plain form brood

Third-person singular broods

Past tense brooded

Past participle brooded

Present participle brooding

1. (transitive) If an animal broods an egg, it keeps it warm to make it hatch.
2. (intransitive) If a person broods, they think about something moodily.

Adjective

Positive brood

Comparative none

Superlative none

1. A brood animal is kept for breeding.