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| brood | |
| 1. n. Couvée. | |
| 2. n. (Familier) (Vieilli) Enfants de la famille. | |
| 3. v. (i) Bouder, ressasser en déprimant. | |
| 4. v. (t) (plus rare) Couver. | |
| anglais > anglais | |
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| brood | |
| 1. n. The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother. |  |
| 2. n. The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time. | |
| 3. n. The eggs and larvae of social insects such as bees, ants and some wasps, especially when gathered together in special brood chambers or combs within the colony. | |
| 4. n. The children in one family. | |
| 5. n. That which is bred or produced; breed; species. | |
| 6. n. (mining) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores. | |
| 7. v. To keep an egg warm to make it hatch. | |
| In some species of birds, both the mother and father brood the eggs. | |
| 8. v. To protect (something that is gradually maturing); to foster. | |
| Under the rock was a midshipman fish, brooding a mass of eggs. | |
| 9. v. (intransitive) To dwell upon moodily and at length (with adpositions generally being either about or over) | |
| He sat brooding about the upcoming battle, fearing the outcome. | |
| 10. v. (intransitive) To be bred. | |
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