brood 1 of 2

verb

Definition of broodnext
as in to hatch
to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop don't disturb the hen while she's brooding

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brood

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noun

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as in hatch

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as in swarm

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Recent Examples of brood
Verb
To be fair, Snyder, who’s also credited as the film’s cinematographer, captures no shortage of admittedly stirring images throughout, especially those involving flickering light and brooding shadows. — Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026 Godwit parents brood their chicks, alert them to danger, lead them to hiding places, and (in a dramatic and short-lived personality shift) aggressively squawk at and harry their potential predators. — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Noun
The eldest in the brood carries a very strong air of leadership, not just within her own band but also her cognizance of the greater picture and how much impact the Warning is having on a new flock of young girls. — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 27 Aug. 2026 The new addition to the family is set to join their brood later this year in December. — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for brood
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brood
  1. hatch
  2. offspring
  3. swarm
  4. spawn
  5. progeny
  6. colony
  7. sit
  8. seed
Verb
  • Orphaned, the children are taken in by their irreverent aunt Berta, and begin a new life in the big city in a house frequented by intellectuals and where all kinds of political conspiracies are hatched.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Nvidia’s rise from an idea hatched in a booth at Denny’s to the world’s most valuable company is one of the defining business stories of the AI boom.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of hatch
Noun
  • Ella Bleu Travolta, John’s daughter, walked the Miu Miu show, and Apple Martin, offspring of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, debuted on the runway for Chloé after fronting one of its campaigns.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Researchers collect the parents' DNA since their offspring are fragile when young.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of offspring
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  • Together, the systems covered reconnaissance, swarm defense and control, and precision response capabilities.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • My recent Hartford Courant oped, described how OpenAI agents broke out of their test sandbox and as a coordinated group (swarm) penetrated Hugging Face, a research platform used by AI developers.
    — John Caruso, Hartford Courant, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of swarm
Verb
  • In contrast to other Gulf monarchies, especially Saudi Arabia, Qatar sees no threat in the Muslim Brotherhood, the political movement that spawned Hamas.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The award-winning podcast spawned the BBC World Service documentary The Secrets of Songwriting, and as of 2020, its interview archive is housed at the British Library.
    — Lily Moayeri, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of spawn
Noun
  • Otherwise, genetic defects might start to crop up among the progeny and threaten their survivability.
    — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Others criticized them for often being the progeny of Asian mothers and white fathers, as though this were somehow their fault.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of progeny
Noun
  • The new appendage lets humans using Beewise’s Beehome monitoring system remotely care for the colony without needing to go to a hive that might be up to 100 acres away from the farmhouse.
    — Rachel Sacks, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Although iguana colonies remain relatively stable, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) still lists them as Vulnerable due to predators, mounting pollution issues, and cyclical El Niño events.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of colony
Verb
  • While these tracks are endearing enough, Way Dynamic’s real magic sits at the juncture of folk and forlornness, when Young’s guitar is allowed to ramble and his regrets are sharp enough to bruise.
    — Linnie Greene, Pitchfork, 20 Oct. 2026
  • For founders sitting atop a mountain of stock, that beats selling shares, paying tax, and then giving away the cash.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of sit
Noun
  • The collection launches with Seeded Natural, an unbleached, undyed fabric that leaves the cotton’s own seeds visible in the weave.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Another factor in recent storms was a counterclockwise atmospheric spin over Central America - called a gyre - that spits out seeds of stormy weather that can form into hurricanes.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
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“Brood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brood. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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