Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - brood
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Brood
brood
~1 v 1 to keep thinking for a long time about something that you are worried, angry, or upset about (After the argument Simon sat in his room, brooding.) + over/about/on (There's no point brooding over it - she's gone.) 2 if a bird broods, it sits on its eggs to make the young birds break out ~2 n 1 a family of young birds all born at the same time 2 humorous a family with a lot of children (Mary has a whole brood of grandchildren.)
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(broods, brooding, brooded) 1. A brood is a group of baby birds that were born at the same time to the same mother. N-COUNT: usu with supp 2. You can refer to someone’s young children as their brood when you want to emphasize that there are a lot of them. ...a large brood of children. N-COUNT: usu sing c darkgreen]emphasis 3. If someone broods over something, they think about it a lot, seriously and often unhappily. She constantly broods about her family... I continued to brood. Would he always be like this? VERB: V over/on/about n, V ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English brod; akin to Middle High German bruot ~ and perhaps to Old English beorma yeast — more at barm Date: before 12th century 1. the young of an animal or a family of young; especially the young (as of a bird or insect) hatched or cared for at one time 2. a group having a common nature or origin 3. the children of a family II. adjective Date: 15th century kept for breeding a ~ flock III. verb Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. a. to sit on or incubate (eggs) b. to produce by or as if by incubation ; hatch 2. of a bird to cover (young) with the wings 3. to think anxiously or gloomily about ; ponder intransitive verb 1. a. of a bird to ~ eggs or young b. to sit quietly and thoughtfully ; meditate 2. hover, loom 3. a. to dwell gloomily on a subject b. to be in a state of depression • ~ingly adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 the young of an animal (esp. a bird) produced at one hatching or birth. 2 colloq. the children in a family. 3 a group of related things. 4 bee or wasp larvae. 5 (attrib.) kept for breeding (brood-mare). --v. 1 intr. (often foll. by on, over, etc.) worry or ponder (esp. resentfully). 2 a intr. sit as a hen on eggs to hatch them. b tr. sit on (eggs) to hatch them. 3 intr. (usu. foll. by over) (of silence, a storm, etc.) hang or hover closely. Derivatives broodingly adv. Etymology: OE brod f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) помёт, потомство (одной самки); выводок; детка, черва, расплод (пчелиный); выводить потомство 2) стая; рой 3) самка-производительница 4) порода 5) сидеть на яйцах, высиживать 6) сохранять для разведения – drone brood – multiple brood ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. род, поколение; выводок (птиц, насекомых); расплод 2. стая, рой 3. пренебр. семья; дети, выводок a widow with a brood of daughters —- вдова с целым выводком дочерей 4. стая, толпа a brood of scoundrels —- толпа негодяев 5. род, категория 6. детка (пчелиная); черва, напрыск (пчел) 7. племенной (о скоте) 8. сидеть на яйцах, высиживать 9. лелеять 10. (about, on, over, upon) размышлять (особ. с грустью) to brood on the past —- предаваться размышлениям о прошлом he likes to brood and hates to act —- он любит раздумывать и не любит действовать he often brooded over his sorrow —- он часто предавался скорби 11. вынашивать (в уме, душе) to brood over schemes of vengeance —- вынашивать план мести 12. (on, over) нависать (об облаках, тьме и т. п.) silence brooded over the park —- парк окутала тишина 13. геол. пустая порода ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I 1. noun 1) выводок; disdain. семья; дети 2) стая; толпа; куча 2. v. 1) сидеть на яйцах 2) размышлять (особ. грустно) (about/on/over/upon - над); вынашивать (в уме, в душе) Its no good brooding about your troubles. Sandra has been brooding over that boy for too long. Why brood on how it happened? The thing to do is put it right. 3) нависать (об облаках, тьме и т.п.) 4) тяготить (о заботах) Syn: see worry II noun geol. пустая порода ...Англо-русский словарь
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- O.E. brod, From P.Gmc. *brod, from *bro- "to warm, heat," from PIE *bhre- "burn, heat, incubate." The verbal figurative meaning is first recorded 1571, from notion of "nursing" one's anger, resentment, etc. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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