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Brood

Translations

broodnoun
broods
pl
UK
/bruːd/
US
/brud/
The hen was taking care of her brood.
Курица заботилась о своем выводке.
The lioness watched over her brood carefully.
Львица внимательно следила за своим потомством.
Additional translations
семейство
приплод
Synonyms
nest
clutch
progeny
young
offspring
broodverb
brooded
Past Simple
brooded
Past Participle
brooding
Gerund
UK
/bruːd/
US
/brud/
The hen will brood the eggs for three weeks.
Курица будет высиживать яйца три недели.
He tends to brood over his past mistakes.
Он склонен размышлять о своих прошлых ошибках.
Additional translations
лелеять
размышлять угрюмо
Synonyms
mull over
contemplate
ruminate
meditate
reflect
dwell
ponder
broodadjective
Used attributively to describe animals kept for breeding or things related to the rearing of young.
Synonyms
wistful
dreary
glum
dour
somber
contemplative
pensive
melancholic
sulky
morose
gloomy
moody
sullen
brooding

Definitions

broodnoun
A family of young animals, especially birds, produced at one hatching or birth.
The mother hen watched over her brood as they pecked at the ground.
The children in a family.
She took her brood to the park for a day of fun and games.
broodverb
To think deeply about something that makes one unhappy.
She would often brood over her past mistakes, unable to let them go.
To sit on eggs to hatch them.
The hen brooded over her eggs, keeping them warm until they hatched.
broodadjective
Kept for breeding or relating to the rearing of young.
The farmer bought a brood mare to improve his stock.
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