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brood

From Wiktionary

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Singular
brood

Plural
broods

  1. (countable) A brood is the young of certain animals hatched at one time by the same mother.

Verb

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Plain form
brood

Third-person singular
broods

Past tense
brooded

Past participle
brooded

Present participle
brooding

  1. (transitive) If an animal broods an egg, it keeps it warm to make it hatch.
  2. (intransitive) If a person broods, they think about something moodily.

Adjective

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Positive
brood

Comparative
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Superlative
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  1. A brood animal is kept for breeding.