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/bɚˈuːd/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "brood"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϚāĻž, āϏāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻžāύ

all the young of a bird hatched at the same time, or the young of an animal cared for together
brood definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The duck 's brood followed her in a neat line as she led them to the safety of the pond.
āĻšāĻžāρāϏ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧁āĻļ⧃āĻ™ā§āĻ–āϞ āϞāĻžāχāύ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒ⧁āϕ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻĻ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻžāϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŽāĻ—ā§āύ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĄā§āĻŦ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to dwell on one’s troubles or worries in a depressed way
Intransitive
to brood definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He tended to brood on his failures rather than focusing on finding solutions.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧋āύāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨāϤāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻā§‹āρāϕ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĄāĻŋāĻŽā§‡ āϤāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĄāĻŋāĻŽ āĻĢ⧁āϟāĻžāύ⧋

to sit on an egg until it hatches
Transitive: to brood bird eggs
to brood definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Penguins take turns brooding their eggs in the cold.
āĻĒ⧇āĻ™ā§āϗ⧁āχāύāϰāĻž āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĄāĻŋāĻŽ āĻĒāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻā§āϞ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž, āĻšā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻā§āϞ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to stay close or hang over something in a heavy or threatening way
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The shadow of the mountain brooded over the small village.
āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ›āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻž āϛ⧋āϟ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻā§āϞ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ.
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āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āϏāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧋āώ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to stay quiet and upset, showing anger or annoyance without saying much
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He tended to brood whenever things did n’t go his way.
āϝāĻ–āύāχ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻĨ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ āύāĻž, āϤāĻ–āύ āϏ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻā§‹āρāĻ•āϤāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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