Broods can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| brood - sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs" | ||
| brood - think moodily or anxiously about something | ||
| brood - hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long" | ||
| brood - be in a huff and display one's displeasure; "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted" | ||
| brood - be in a huff; be silent or sullen | ||
Noun |
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| brood - the young of an animal cared for at one time |
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| 1. | noun | Then fury spurred their courage, and behold, / As ravening wolves, when darkness hides the day, / Stung with mad fire of famine uncontrolled, / Prowl from their dens, and leave the whelps to stay, / With jaws athirst and gaping for the prey. / So to sure death, amid the darkness there, / Where swords, and spears, and foemen bar the way, / Into the centre of the town we fare. / Night with her shadowy cone broods o'er the vaulted air. | |
| 2. | noun | Clouds the darkened heavens have drowned, / and snatched the daylight from the Trojans' eyes. / Black night broods on the waters; all around / from pole to pole the rattling peals resound / and frequent flashes light the lurid air. / All nature, big with instant ruin, frowned / destruction. | |
| 3. | noun | An impressive silence broods over the monstrous structure where such multitudes of men and women were wont to assemble in other days. | |
| 4. | noun | The hen keeps her brood under her. | |
| 5. | noun | In a sunny spot stood a pleasant old farm-house close by a deep river, and from the house down to the water side grew great burdock leaves, so high, that under the tallest of them a little child could stand upright. The spot was as wild as the centre of a thick wood. In this snug retreat sat a duck on her nest, watching for her young brood to hatch; she was beginning to get tired of her task, for the little ones were a long time coming out of their shells, and she seldom had any visitors. | |
| 6. | noun | On the next day the weather was delightful, and the sun shone brightly on the green burdock leaves, so the mother duck took her young brood down to the water, and jumped in with a splash. | |
| 7. | noun | To arms I call my comrades, and defy / the loathsome brood to battle. | |
| 8. | noun | A brood mare is a female horse used for breeding. | |
| 9. | noun | The hen keeps her brood under her. | |
| 10. | noun | In a sunny spot stood a pleasant old farm-house close by a deep river, and from the house down to the water side grew great burdock leaves, so high, that under the tallest of them a little child could stand upright. The spot was as wild as the centre of a thick wood. In this snug retreat sat a duck on her nest, watching for her young brood to hatch; she was beginning to get tired of her task, for the little ones were a long time coming out of their shells, and she seldom had any visitors. | |
| 11. | noun | On the next day the weather was delightful, and the sun shone brightly on the green burdock leaves, so the mother duck took her young brood down to the water, and jumped in with a splash. | |
| 12. | noun | To arms I call my comrades, and defy / the loathsome brood to battle. | |
| 13. | noun | A brood mare is a female horse used for breeding. | |
| 14. | verb | Birds brood. |
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| Then fury spurred their courage, and behold, / As ravening wolves, when darkness hides the day, / Stung with mad fire of famine uncontrolled, / Prowl from their dens, and leave the whelps to stay, / With jaws athirst and gaping for the prey. / So to sure death, amid the darkness there, / Where swords, and spears, and foemen bar the way, / Into the centre of the town we fare. / Night with her shadowy cone broods o'er the vaulted air. | |
| Clouds the darkened heavens have drowned, / and snatched the daylight from the Trojans' eyes. / Black night broods on the waters; all around / from pole to pole the rattling peals resound / and frequent flashes light the lurid air. / All nature, big with instant ruin, frowned / destruction. | |
| An impressive silence broods over the monstrous structure where such multitudes of men and women were wont to assemble in other days. | |
| The hen keeps her brood under her. | |
| In a sunny spot stood a pleasant old farm-house close by a deep river, and from the house down to the water side grew great burdock leaves, so high, that under the tallest of them a little child could stand upright. The spot was as wild as the centre of a thick wood. In this snug retreat sat a duck on her nest, watching for her young brood to hatch; she was beginning to get tired of her task, for the little ones were a long time coming out of their shells, and she seldom had any visitors. | |
| On the next day the weather was delightful, and the sun shone brightly on the green burdock leaves, so the mother duck took her young brood down to the water, and jumped in with a splash. | |
| To arms I call my comrades, and defy / the loathsome brood to battle. | |
| A brood mare is a female horse used for breeding. | |
| The hen keeps her brood under her. | |
| In a sunny spot stood a pleasant old farm-house close by a deep river, and from the house down to the water side grew great burdock leaves, so high, that under the tallest of them a little child could stand upright. The spot was as wild as the centre of a thick wood. In this snug retreat sat a duck on her nest, watching for her young brood to hatch; she was beginning to get tired of her task, for the little ones were a long time coming out of their shells, and she seldom had any visitors. | |
| On the next day the weather was delightful, and the sun shone brightly on the green burdock leaves, so the mother duck took her young brood down to the water, and jumped in with a splash. | |
| To arms I call my comrades, and defy / the loathsome brood to battle. | |
| A brood mare is a female horse used for breeding. | |
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| Birds brood. |
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