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    [bro͞od]
    noun
    brood (noun) · broods (plural noun)
    1. a family of young animals, especially of a bird, produced at one hatching or birth:
      "a brood of chicks"
      • bee or wasp larvae.
      • informal
        all of the children in a family:
        "he was the youngest in a brood of six" · "a remarkable brood of writers"
    verb
    brood (verb) · broods (third person present) · brooded (past tense) · brooded (past participle) · brooding (present participle)
    1. think deeply about something that makes one unhappy:
      "he brooded over his need to find a wife"
    2. (of a bird) sit on (eggs) to hatch them:
      "the male pheasant-tailed jacana takes over once the eggs are laid and broods them"
      • (of a fish, frog, or invertebrate) hold (developing eggs) within the body.
    adjective
    brood (adjective)
    1. (of an animal) kept to be used for breeding:
      "a brood mare"
    Origin
    Old English brōd, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch broed and German Brut, also to breed. The verb was originally used with an object, i.e. ‘to nurse (feelings) in the mind’ (late 16th century), a figurative use of the idea of a hen nursing chicks under her wings.
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    noun
    1. a family of young animals, especially of a bird, produced at one hatching or birth:
      offspring
      young
      progeny
      spawn
      family
      hatch
      clutch
      nest
      litter
      progeniture
    verb
    1. think deeply about something that makes one unhappy:
      think about
      ponder
      contemplate
      dwell on
      chew over
      weigh up
      worry about
      fret about
      agonize over
      mope over
      moon over
      languish over
      feel despondent about
      grieve over
      sulk about
      eat one's heart out over
      pore over
      meditate on
      muse on
      mull over
      ruminate on/over
      puzzle over
      turn over in one's mind
    2. (of a bird) sit on (eggs) to hatch them:
      incubate
      cover
      hatch
      sit on

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      What is the difference between a litter and a brood?1. Brood, litter refer to young creatures. Brood is especially applied to the young of fowls and birds hatched from eggs at one time and raised under their mother's care: a brood of young turkeys. Litter is applied to a group of young animals brought forth at a birth: a litter of kittens or pups.

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    3. Brood refers to12345:
      • The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds hatched at one time and cared for together.
      • The children in one family.
      • A group having a common nature or origin.
      • A number of young produced or hatched at one time.
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      brood (bro͞od) n. 1. The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds hatched at one time and cared for together. 2. The children in one family.

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      Britannica Dictionary definition of BROOD [count] 1 : a group of young birds (such as chickens) that were all born at the same time a hen and her brood of chicks 2 informal : the children in someone's family

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