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  • 41brood — {{11}}brood (n.) O.E. brod brood, fetus, hatchling, from P.Gmc. *brod (Cf. M.Du. broet, O.H.G. bruot, Ger. Brut brood ), lit. that which is hatched by heat, from *bro to warm, heat, from PIE *bhre burn, heat, incubate, from root *bhreue …

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  • 42brood — I UK [bruːd] / US [brud] verb [intransitive] Word forms brood : present tense I/you/we/they brood he/she/it broods present participle brooding past tense brooded past participle brooded 1) to think and worry about something a lot brood about/over …

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  • 43Brood (comics) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir The Brood. Brood Personnage de fiction apparaissant dans …

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  • 44Brood (album) — Infobox Album | Name = Brood Type = studio Artist = My Friend the Chocolate Cake Released = 1994 Recorded = July 1993 at Metropolis Audio, Melbourne, July 1993 and Periscope, Melbourne, August September 1993 Genre = Australian rock Length = 65:31 …

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  • 45brood — brood1 [bru:d] v 1.) to keep thinking about something that you are worried or upset about ▪ Don t sit at home brooding all day. brood over/about/on ▪ There s no point brooding over it she s gone. 2.) if a bird broods, it sits on its eggs to make… …

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  • 46brood — brood1 [ brud ] verb intransitive 1. ) to think and worry about something a lot: brood about/over: Don t sit and brood over it for weeks. 2. ) if a bird broods, it sits on its eggs until the young birds are born brood brood 2 [ brud ] noun count… …

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  • 47brood — [[t]bru͟ːd[/t]] broods, brooding, brooded 1) N COUNT: usu with supp A brood is a group of baby birds that were born at the same time to the same mother. 2) N COUNT: usu sing (emphasis) You can refer to someone s young children as their brood when …

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  • 48brood — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English brōd; akin to Middle High German bruot brood and perhaps to Old English beorma yeast more at barm Date: before 12th century 1. the young of an animal or a family of young; especially the young… …

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  • 49brood — 1. SYN: litter (2). 2. To ponder anxiously; to meditate morbidly. * * * brood brüd n the young of an animal or a family of young esp the young (as of a bird or insect) hatched or cared for at one time brood vt 1 a) to sit on or incubate (eggs) b) …

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  • 50brood — [[t]brud[/t]] n. 1) zool. a number of young produced or hatched at one time; family of offspring or young 2) a breed, species, group, or kind 3) orn to sit upon (eggs) to hatch, as a bird; incubate 4) orn (of a bird) to warm, protect, or cover… …

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