brood
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Etymology
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
Noun
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, 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 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
- Ay, lord, she will become thy bed, I warrant, / And bring thee forth brave brood.
- 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 243:
- Garland Green, the tenth in a brood of eleven, was born on June 24, 1942, in Dunleath, Mississippi.
- 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:
- 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
Translations
the young of certain animals
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the young of any egg-laying creature
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the children in one family
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See also
Adjective
brood (not comparable)
Translations
kept or reared for breeding
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Verb
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, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- As when with downcast eyes we muse and brood
- 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter 6, in The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:
- 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, 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 9, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1953, →ISBN, →OCLC, 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.
Derived terms
Translations
to keep an egg warm
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to protect
to dwell upon moodily and at length
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Further reading
Brood (honey bee) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Etymology
From Dutch brood, from Middle Dutch brôot, from Old Dutch *brōt, from Proto-Germanic *braudą.
Pronunciation
Noun
brood (plural brode)
- (countable) A loaf of bread.
- (uncountable) bread.
Etymology
From Middle Dutch brôot, from Old Dutch *brōt, from Proto-West Germanic *braud, from Proto-Germanic *braudą.
Pronunciation
Noun
Sliced white bread
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
Usage notes
- Note that the diminutive broodje has specific meanings which the base form lacks.
Derived terms
- afbakbrood
- apostelbrood
- bakkersbrood
- bananenbrood
- bodenbrood
- boekweitbrood
- brood zien in
- broodbakken
- broodbakmachine
- broodbeleg
- broodbelegsel
- broodbus
- brooddoos
- broodfabriek
- broodgist
- broodhaan
- broodje
- broodkorf
- broodkruim
- broodmager
- broodmand
- broodmes
- broodnodig
- broodplank
- broodpoot
- broodroof
- broodrooster
- broodschrijfster
- broodschrijver
- broodtrommel
- broodvrucht
- broodwijk
- broodwinner
- broodwinning
- broodwortel
- broodzak
- broodzwam
- casinobrood
- de kaas niet van het brood laten eten
- desembrood
- eekhoorntjesbrood
- fabrieksbrood
- genadebrood
- gerstebrood
- gistbrood
- johannesbrood
- knäckebrood
- koekebrood
- krentenbrood
- maanzaadbrood
- roggebrood
- rozijnenbrood
- sesambrood
- speltbrood
- stokbrood
- suikerbrood
- tarwebrood
- vleesbrood
- wittebrood
- zuurdesembrood
Descendants
Anagrams
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English brād, from Proto-West Germanic *braid, from Proto-Germanic *braidaz.
Pronunciation
Adjective
brood
Descendants
References
- “brōd, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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