brood
//bruːd//
Noun
broodSingular
broodsPlural
1
A family of young animals, especially birds, produced at one hatching or birth.
The mother hen watched over her brood of chicks.
2
A group of children belonging to one family.
She took her whole brood to the park for a picnic.
Verb
broodInfinitive
broodPresent tense
broodedPast tense
broodedPast participle
broodingPresent participle
broodsThird-person singular
1
To think deeply about something that makes one unhappy, angry, or worried.
She brooded over her mistakes for days.
2
(Of a bird) to sit on eggs to hatch them.
The hen is brooding her eggs in the nest.