brood
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
brood (countable and uncountable, plural broods)
- The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Luke 13:34:
- As a hen doth gather her brood under her wings.
- (uncountable) The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time.
- (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.
- (countable, uncountable) The children in one family; offspring.
- 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene ii]:
- Ay, lord, she will become thy bed, I warrant, / And bring thee forth brave brood.
- That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
- 1598, George Chapman translation of Homer's Iliad, Book 2:
- […] flocks of the airy brood,
- Cranes, geese or long-neck'd swans, here, there, proud of their pinions fly […]
- 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 19”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, OCLC 216596634:
- Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws,
And make the earth devour her own sweet brood […]
- 1598, George Chapman translation of Homer's Iliad, Book 2:
- Parentage.
- (mining) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
the young of certain animals
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the young of any egg-laying creature
the children in one family
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See also[edit]
Adjective[edit]
brood (not comparable)
Translations[edit]
kept or reared for breeding
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Verb[edit]
brood (third-person singular simple present broods, present participle brooding, simple past and past participle brooded)
- (transitive) To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.
- In some species of birds, both the mother and father brood the eggs.
- (transitive) To protect (something that is gradually maturing); to foster.
- Under the rock was a midshipman fish, brooding a mass of eggs.
- (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.
- 1833, Alfred Tennyson:
- As when with downcast eyes we muse and brood
- 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter 6, The Scarlet Letter:
- Brooding over all these matters, the mother felt like one who has evoked a spirit.
- 1888–1891, Herman Melville, “[Billy Budd, Foretopman.] Chapter XI.”, in Billy Budd and Other Stories, London: John Lehmann, published 1951, OCLC 639975898, pages 256–257:
- But Claggart's was no vulgar form of the passion. Nor, as directed toward Billy Budd, did it partake of that streak of apprehensive jealousy that marred Saul's visage perturbedly brooding on the comely young David. Claggart's envy struck deeper.
- 1925, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter IX, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, OCLC 884653065; republished New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1953, →ISBN, page 182:
- And as I sat there brooding on the old, unknown world, I thought of Gatsby's wonder when he first picked out the green light at the end of Daisy's dock. He had come a long way to this blue lawn, and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it.
- (intransitive) To be bred.
Translations[edit]
to keep an egg warm
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to protect
to dwell upon moodily and at length
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Further reading[edit]
Brood (honey bee) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams[edit]
Afrikaans[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Dutch brood, from Middle Dutch brôot, from Old Dutch *brōd, from Proto-Germanic *braudą.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
brood (plural brode)
- (countable) A loaf of bread.
- (uncountable) Bread.
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch brôot, from Old Dutch *brōd, from Proto-Germanic *braudą.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
brood n (plural broden, diminutive broodje n)
- (uncountable) Bread.
- (countable) A loaf of bread.
- (countable, by extension) A similar bakery product or other baked dish.
- (uncountable, metonymically) Someone's livelihood.
Derived terms[edit]
- afbakbrood
- apostelbrood
- bakkersbrood
- bananenbrood
- bodenbrood
- boekweitbrood
- broodbakken
- broodbakmachine
- broodbeleg
- broodbelegsel
- broodbus
- brooddoos
- broodfabriek
- broodgist
- broodhaan
- broodkorf
- broodkruim
- broodmager
- broodmand
- broodmes
- broodplank
- broodpoot
- broodroof
- broodrooster
- broodschrijfster
- broodschrijver
- broodvrucht
- broodwijk
- broodwinner
- broodwinning
- broodwortel
- broodzak
- broodzwam
- casinobrood
- desembrood
- eekhoorntjesbrood
- fabrieksbrood
- genadebrood
- gerstebrood
- gistbrood
- johannesbrood
- kaiserbroodje
- knäckebrood
- koekebrood
- krentenbrood
- maanzaadbrood
- mierenbroodje
- platte broodjes bakken
- roggebrood
- rozijnenbrood
- sesambrood
- speltbrood
- stokbrood
- suikerbrood
- tarwebrood
- vleesbrood
- wittebrood
- zoete broodjes bakken
- zuurdesembrood
Descendants[edit]
- Afrikaans: brood
- Berbice Creole Dutch: broto
- Jersey Dutch: brôt
- Negerhollands: brood, brot
- Skepi Creole Dutch: brot
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Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English brād, from Proto-West Germanic *braid, from Proto-Germanic *braidaz.
Adjective[edit]
brood
Descendants[edit]
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