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UK
/bɹˈuːd/
]
[ US /ˈbɹud/ ]
[ US /ˈbɹud/ ]
VERB
-
sit on (eggs)
Birds brood
The female covers the eggs -
hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
The terrible vision brooded over her all day long - be in a huff; be silent or sullen
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be in a huff and display one's displeasure
She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted - think moodily or anxiously about something
NOUN
- the young of an animal cared for at one time
How To Use brood In A Sentence
- They seemed to be in a serious mood, perhaps brooding on the deteriorating human behaviour that cannot see that he is cutting the same very branch that he is sitting on.
- A brooding hulk of a man stepped through the entrance.
- Competition between siblings for resources is widespread in the broods of altricial birds.
- She also finds homes for elderly brood dogs from farms in Florida.
- All birds were hatched in incubators and kept in brooders until approximately 7 weeks of age, at which time they were moved to 5 x 7 x 4 m outdoor flight pens.
- The bird was trying to find food for its brood.
- And a gigantic cock salmon of around 44 lb was also landed in November during hatchery broodstock collection.
- The hen with her brood is an accepted model of motherhood in this respect. Women and Economics: A Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women as a Factor in Social Evolution
- Specifically, if females respond adaptively to changes in population density, they should produce large broods of small young at low density and small broods of large young at high density.
- I. Burnett found that many were in reality of the ordinary gemmiparous form, such as those composing the early summer broods. Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses
