MSN: The Devil's Brood - Eleanor of Aquitaine - European History - Part 3 - Extra History
The Devil's Brood - Eleanor of Aquitaine - European History - Part 3 - Extra History
The meaning of BROOD is the young of an animal or a family of young; especially : the young (as of a bird or insect) hatched or cared for at one time. How to use brood in a sentence.
BROOD definition: 1. a group of young birds all born at the same time: 2. a person's young children: 3. to think…. Learn more.
brood, n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary
brood (countable and uncountable, plural broods) The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
brood (bro̅o̅d), n. Zoology a number of young produced or hatched at one time; a family of offspring or young. a breed, species, group, or kind: The museum exhibited a brood of monumental sculptures. v.t. Birds to sit upon (eggs) to hatch, as a bird; incubate. Birds (of a bird) to warm, protect, or cover (young) with the wings or body. to think or worry persistently or moodily about; ponder ...
BROOD definition: a number of young produced or hatched at one time; a family of offspring or young. See examples of brood used in a sentence.
A brood is a group of young born at the same time — like a brood of chicks — but your parents might use the word for you and your siblings: "We're taking the whole brood to the movies tonight."