brood: significado y definiciones

The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time and cared for by the same mother. See Synonyms at flock1.

The children in one family.

To sit on or hatch (eggs).

To protect (young) by or as if by covering with the wings.

To sit on or hatch eggs.

To hover envelopingly; loom.

To be deep in thought; meditate.

To focus the attention on a subject persistently and moodily; worry: brooded over the insult for several days.

To be depressed.

Kept for breeding: a brood hen.