brood
IPA: brˈud
noun
- The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
- (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.
- That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
- Parentage.
- (mining) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
verb
- (transitive) To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.
- (transitive) To protect (something that is gradually maturing); to foster.
- (intransitive) (typically with about or over) To dwell upon moodily and at length, mainly alone.
- (intransitive) To be bred.
adjective
- (of animals) Kept or reared for breeding.
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