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We have spotted BROOD (5 Letters) a total of 6 times in our database. Below you may see the clues associated with BROOD and also when and where was it last seen:
Definition
• | The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens. |
• | The young from the same dam, whether produced at the same time or not; young children of the same mother, especially if nearly of the same age; offspring; progeny; as, a woman with a brood of children. |
• | That which is bred or produced; breed; species. |
• | Heavy waste in tin and copper ores. |
• | Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs. |
• | Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow. |
• | To sit on and cover eggs, as a fowl, for the purpose of warming them and hatching the young; or to sit over and cover young, as a hen her chickens, in order to warm and protect them; hence, to sit quietly, as if brooding. |
• | To have the mind dwell continuously or moodily on a subject; to think long and anxiously; to be in a state of gloomy, serious thought; -- usually followed by over or on; as, to brood over misfortunes. |
• | To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens. |
• | To cherish with care. |
• | To think anxiously or moodily upon. |
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Usage among publishers:
- Newsday: Jun 10, 2024
- Eugene Sheffer: Nov 10, 2023
- Wall Street Journal: Sep 20, 2023
- New York Times: Aug 8, 2023
- New York Times: Mar 2, 2023