brood

Meaning

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

hatch

sit on eggs

bulk large

keep still

erst

rack one’s brains

speculate

cover eggs

hatch eggs

scratch one’s head

femalehorse

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɹuːd/

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”).

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