brood

(Anglès)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
2. (uncountable) The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time.
3. (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.
4. (countable, uncountable) The children in one family; offspring.
5. (countable, uncountable) That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
6. (countable, uncountable) Parentage.
7. (countable, uncountable) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.

Adj

Kept or reared for breeding.

Verb

1. (transitive) To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.
2. (transitive) To protect (something that is gradually maturing); to foster.
3. (intransitive) (typically with over, on or about) To dwell upon moodily and at length, mainly alone.
4. (intransitive) To be bred.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/bɹuːd/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: brood

Heretat de anglès antic: brōd

In summary

From Middle English brood, brod, from Old English brōd (“brood; foetus; breeding, hatching”), from Proto-Germanic *brōduz (“heat, breeding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁- (“breath, mist, vapour, steam”).

Conceptes

aparèixer

sorgir

amoïnar-se

cubar

incubar

abalançar-se

afligir-se

apurar-se

inquietar-se

sortir de polleguera

fillada

llocada

niuada

prole

Sinònims

hatch

incubate

sit on eggs

litter

worry

sulk

pout

😡

breed

think

🤔

ponder

clutch

dwell

nest

loom

stew

🍲

reflect

flock

cover

bulk large

hover

family

👪

stock

keep still

stud

sit

🪑

progeny

nurture

offspring

race

covey

issue

lower

grizzle

generation

flight

✈️

mull

tribe

cogitate

coalition

building

clutter

breeding

bed

🛏️

cluster

cloud

☁️

clamour

examine

exaltation

circle

⭕

brace

Traduccions

couver

brüten

covare

broeden

ninhada

incubar

empollar

broedsel

Brut

chocar

grübeln

κλωσσώ

κλωσσόπουλα

nidiata

covata