brood

Everyday

1. A family of baby birds or other young animals born at the same time. tree →
2. (humorous) A large family of children. tree →
3. To sit on eggs to keep them warm until they hatch. tree →
4. To keep thinking about something that makes you unhappy or angry, in a gloomy way. tree →

In the lessons

In science lessons, a hen broods her eggs and raises a brood of chicks. In stories, a brooding character is quiet and gloomy. A «broody» hen wants to sit on eggs; a broody person (UK informal) wants a baby.

Examples

• The hen had a brood of ten chicks. tree →
• The bird broods her eggs for two weeks. tree →
• Stop brooding over that argument. tree →
• He sat brooding in his room. tree →
• Mrs Weasley looked after her large brood. tree →
• The ducks led their brood to the pond. tree →
• He is a disgrace to any brood. tree →

Note

Do not confuse with «brewed». Brooding is like sulking and worrying together; talking to someone often helps.

In Jewish tradition

Here brood means a group or crowd of people, used scornfully for sinful men following in their fathers' steps. The prophets also use it for a family of young creatures, as a snake that hatches and broods its eggs, and for "the brood of aliens", foreign peoples. In the primary lessons: In science lessons, a hen broods her eggs and raises a brood of chicks. In stories, a brooding character is quiet and gloomy. A «broody» hen wants to sit on eggs; a broody person (UK informal) wants a baby.

Examples

• And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, a brood of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel. (Torah NUM.32.14, JPS 1917) tree →
• Upon my right hand rise the brood; they entangle my feet, and they cast up against me their ways of destruction. (Writings JOB.30.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• There shall the arrowsnake make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and brood under her shadow; yea, there shall the kites be gathered, every one with her mate. (Prophets ISA.34.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• For Thou hast forsaken Thy people the house of Jacob; for they are replenished from the east, and with soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the brood of aliens. (Prophets ISA.2.6, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Do not confuse with «brewed». Brooding is like sulking and worrying together; talking to someone often helps.