| Front | brood |
|---|---|
| Back | brood verb, noun BrE /bruːd/ NAmE /bruːd/ verb verb forms word origin thesaurus example bank 1 [intransitive] ~ (over/on/about sth) to think a lot about sth that makes you annoyed, anxious or upset You're not still brooding over what he said, are you? 2 [intransitive, transitive] ~ (sth) if a bird broods, or broods its eggs, it sits on the eggs in order to hatch them (= make the young come out of them) noun word origin [countable + singular or plural verb] 1 all the young birds or creatures that a mother produces at one time clutch 2 (humorous) a large family of children She grew up amidst a lively brood of brothers and sisters. |
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