brood+over
21brood — broodless, adj. /broohd/, n. 1. a number of young produced or hatched at one time; a family of offspring or young. 2. a breed, species, group, or kind: The museum exhibited a brood of monumental sculptures. v.t. 3. to sit upon (eggs) to hatch, as …
22Brood comb — The brood comb is the beeswax structure of cells where the queen bee lays eggs. It is the part of the beehive where new brood is raised by the colony. During the summer a good queen may lay 1500 2000 eggs per day, which results in 1500 2000 bees… …
23brood — v. (D; intr.) to brood about, over * * * [bruːd] over (D; intr.) to brood about …
24brood — [[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… …
25brood — 1 verb (I) 1 to keep thinking for a long time about something that you are worried, angry, or upset about: After the argument Simon sat in his room, brooding. (+ over/about/on): There s no point brooding over it she s gone. 2 if a bird broods, it …
26brood — n. & v. n. 1 the young of an animal (esp. a bird) produced at one hatching or birth. 2 colloq. the children in a family. 3 a group of related things. 4 bee or wasp larvae. 5 (attrib.) kept for breeding (brood mare). v. 1 intr. (often foll. by on …
27brood — 1. Of birds. Ohana manu. ♦ Mother hen and brood, kīnana. 2. Mull over. Nalu ho okaumaha …
28brood — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. hatch, progeny. See posterity. v. i. ponder, mope, meditate, ruminate; sit (on eggs). See thought. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. flock, offspring, young; see family 1 , herd 1 , litter 2 , offspring . v. 1 …
29brood — Synonyms and related words: agonize, animal kingdom, be abstracted, be gravid, be knocked up, be pregnant, be with child, blood, breed, carry, carry young, chew the cud, children, clan, class, clock, clutch, consider, contemplate, cover, debate,… …
30run over — Synonyms and related words: abound, autopsy, battologize, bristle with, brood over, browse, call off, call over, call the roll, canvass, cascade, cataract, census, check, check out, check over, check up on, chew over, con over, count, crawl with …
