Толковый словарь английского языка - brood
Brood
brood
I. noun see: barm Date: before 12th century the young of an animal or a family of young, a group having a common nature or origin, the children of a family, II. adjective Date: 15th century kept for breeding , III. verb Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to sit on or incubate (eggs), to produce by or as if by incubation ; hatch , to cover (young) with the wings, to think anxiously or gloomily about ; ponder , intransitive verb 1. to ~ eggs or young, to sit quietly and thoughtfully ; meditate , hover , loom , 3. to dwell gloomily on a subject, to be in a state of depression, ~ingly adverb
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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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