Meaning

8 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.

    вы́водокvývodok

    ви́водокvývodok

    the young of an animal cared for at one time

  2. (uncountable)The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time.

    вы́водокvývodok

    ви́водокvývodok

  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.

    пото́мствоpotómstvo

  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.

  8. (countable, uncountable)A large number or crowd of people, animals, or objects.

Examples

31 sentences
  1. The hen has been brooding its eggs for a week.

    Квочка висиджувала яйця протягом одного тижня. — Internecivus

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  2. The alien is a brood parasite.

  3. Tom was brooding in the corner.

  4. He has a certain brooding charm.

  5. The hen keeps her brood under her.

    deDie Henne behält ihre Brut unter sich. — dasbeispielholz

Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the young of certain animals:
Русский
By meaning 2
the young of certain animals:
the children in one family:

Origin

From Middle English brood, brod, from Old English brōd (“brood; foetus; breeding, hatching

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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