BROOD
Dictionary entry overview: What does brood mean?
• BROOD (noun)
The noun BROOD has 1 sense:
1. the young of an animal cared for at one time
Familiarity information: BROOD used as a noun is very rare.
• BROOD (verb)
The verb BROOD has 5 senses:
1. think moodily or anxiously about something
2. hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
3. be in a huff and display one's displeasure
4. be in a huff; be silent or sullen
5. sit on (eggs)
Familiarity information: BROOD used as a verb is common.
Dictionary entry details
• BROOD (noun)
Meaning:
The young of an animal cared for at one time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("brood" is a kind of...):
animal group (a group of animals)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "brood"):
clutch (a number of birds hatched at the same time)
• BROOD (verb)
Meaning:
Think moodily or anxiously about something
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
brood; dwell
Hypernyms (to "brood" is one way to...):
care; worry (be concerned with)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue brood over the results of the experiment
Meaning:
Hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
bulk large; brood; loom; hover
Context example:
The terrible vision brooded over her all day long
Hypernyms (to "brood" is one way to...):
hang (be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive)
Sentence frame:
Something is ----ing PP
Sentence examples:
Some big birds brood in the tree
There brood some big birds in the tree
Meaning:
Be in a huff and display one's displeasure
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
pout; sulk; brood
Context example:
She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted
"Brood" entails doing...:
resent (feel bitter or indignant about)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "brood"):
brood; grizzle; stew (be in a huff; be silent or sullen)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Be in a huff; be silent or sullen
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
stew; grizzle; brood
Hypernyms (to "brood" is one way to...):
brood; pout; sulk (be in a huff and display one's displeasure)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Sit on (eggs)
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
incubate; brood; hatch; cover
Context examples:
Birds brood / The female covers the eggs
Hypernyms (to "brood" is one way to...):
multiply; procreate; reproduce (have offspring or young)
"Brood" entails doing...:
sit; sit down (take a seat)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
