| NOUN | group | brood | the young of an animal cared for at one time |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERB | cognition | brood, dwell | think moodily or anxiously about something |
| stative | brood, hover, loom, bulk large | hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing | |
| stative | brood, sulk, pout | be in a huff and display one's displeasure | |
| emotion | brood, grizzle, stew | be in a huff | |
| body | brood, hatch, cover, incubate | sit on (eggs) |
| Sounds | bruw'd | |
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| Rhymes | accrued ... vicissitude: 66 rhymes with uwd... | |
| Meaning | The young of an animal cared for at one time. | |
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| Narrower | clutch | A number of birds hatched at the same time |
| Broader | animal group | A group of animals |
| Spanish | cría, lechigada, nidada, prole | |
| Catalan | fillada, llocada, niuada, prole | |
| Verbs | brood | sit on (eggs) |
| Meaning | Think moodily or anxiously about something. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Model | Sam and Sue brood over the results of the experiment | |
| Synonym | dwell | |
| Broader | worry, care | Be concerned with |
| Spanish | apurarse, asurarse, inquietarse | |
| Catalan | afligir-se, amoïnar-se, apurar-se, inquietar-se, sortir de polleguera | |
| Meaning | hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
| Model | Some big birds brood in the tree; There brood some big birds in the tree | |
| Example | "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long" | |
| Synonyms | hover, loom, bulk large | |
| Narrower | overshadow, dominate, eclipse | Be greater in significance than |
| Broader | hang | Be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive |
| Spanish | abalanzarse, aparecer, surgir | |
| Catalan | abalançar-se, aparèixer, sorgir | |
| Meaning | Be in a huff and display one's displeasure. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | sulk, pout | |
| Entails | resent | Feel bitter or indignant about |
| Narrower | grizzle, brood, stew | Be in a huff |
| Spanish | hacer morros | |
| Meaning | Be in a huff; be silent or sullen. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | grizzle, stew | |
| Broader | sulk, pout, brood | Be in a huff and display one's displeasure |
| Meaning | Sit on (eggs). | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "Birds brood" | |
| Synonyms | hatch, cover, incubate | |
| Entails | sit down, sit | Take a seat / seat / seat |
| Broader | reproduce, procreate, multiply | have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant |
| Similar to | breed, cover | copulate with a female, used especially of horses |
| hatch | emerge from the eggs | |
| Spanish | aclocarse, cubrir, empollar, incubar | |
| Catalan | cubar, incubar | |
| Nouns | brood | the young of an animal cared for at one time |
| brooder | apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat | |
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