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brooded
We have found lemma(root) word of brooded : brood.
Definitions
[bruːd], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a family of birds or other young animals produced at one hatching or birth
(e.g: a brood of chicks)
- bee or wasp larvae
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Origin
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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
[bruːd], (Verb)
Definitions:
- think deeply about something that makes one unhappy, angry, or worried
(e.g: she had brooded over the subject a thousand times)
- (of a bird) sit on (eggs) to hatch them
(e.g: the male pheasant-tailed jacana takes over once the eggs are laid and broods them)
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Origin
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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
[bruːd], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- (of an animal) kept to be used for breeding
(e.g: a brood mare)
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Origin
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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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