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/bɹuːd/ · noun
The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother..
As a hen doth gather her brood under her wings.
Ay, lord, she will become thy bed, I warrant, / And bring thee forth brave brood.
Garland Green, the tenth in a brood of eleven, was born on June 24, 1942, in Dunleath, Mississippi.
[…] flocks of the airy brood, Cranes, geese or long-neck'd swans, here, there, proud of their pinions fly […]
Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws, And make the earth devour her own sweet brood […]
brood ducks
a brood mare
In some species of birds, both the mother and father brood the eggs.
Use brood when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Brood means The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother..
Common synonyms include cover, brooding, dwell, worry.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
As a hen doth gather her brood under her wings.
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