brood

English Thesaurus

1. the young of an animal cared for at one time (noun.group)

hypernym	:	animal group,
definition	:	a group of animals (noun.group)

hyponym	:	clutch,
definition	:	a number of birds hatched at the same time (noun.group)

2. sit on (eggs) (verb.body)

hypernym	:	multiply, procreate, reproduce,
definition	:	have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant (verb.body)

entail	:	sit, sit down,
definition	:	take a seat (verb.motion)

verb group	:	hatch,
definition	:	emerge from the eggs (verb.body)

verb group	:	breed, cover,
definition	:	copulate with a female, used especially of horses (verb.contact)

3. think moodily or anxiously about something (verb.cognition)

hypernym	:	care, worry,
definition	:	be concerned with (verb.emotion)

4. be in a huff; be silent or sullen (verb.emotion)

hypernym	:	brood, pout, sulk,
definition	:	be in a huff and display one's displeasure (verb.stative)

5. be in a huff and display one's displeasure (verb.stative)

hyponym	:	brood, grizzle, stew,
definition	:	be in a huff; be silent or sullen (verb.emotion)

entail	:	resent,
definition	:	feel bitter or indignant about (verb.emotion)

6. hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing (verb.stative)

hypernym	:	hang,
definition	:	be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive (verb.stative)

hyponym	:	dominate, eclipse, overshadow,
definition	:	be greater in significance than (verb.stative)

7. the young of an animal cared for at one time (noun.group)

derivation	:	brood, cover, hatch, incubate,
definition	:	sit on (eggs) (verb.body)

8. sit on (eggs) (verb.body)

derivation	:	brooder, incubator,
definition	:	apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	brood,
definition	:	the young of an animal cared for at one time (noun.group)

derivation	:	brooding, incubation,
definition	:	sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body (noun.process)

derivation	:	hatch, hatching,
definition	:	the production of young from an egg (noun.process)

9. think moodily or anxiously about something (verb.cognition)

also	:	dwell on, linger over,
definition	:	delay (verb.stative)

10. be in a huff; be silent or sullen (verb.emotion)

derivation	:	fret, lather, stew, sweat, swither,
definition	:	agitation resulting from active worry (noun.state)

11. be in a huff and display one's displeasure (verb.stative)

derivation	:	sulk, sulkiness,
definition	:	a mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	gloomy gus, picklepuss, pouter, sourpuss,
definition	:	someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression (noun.person)

12. the young of an animal cared for at one time (noun.group)

derivation	:	brood, cover, hatch, incubate,
definition	:	sit on (eggs) (verb.body)

13. sit on (eggs) (verb.body)

derivation	:	brooder, incubator,
definition	:	apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	brood,
definition	:	the young of an animal cared for at one time (noun.group)

derivation	:	brooding, incubation,
definition	:	sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body (noun.process)

derivation	:	hatch, hatching,
definition	:	the production of young from an egg (noun.process)

14. think moodily or anxiously about something (verb.cognition)

also	:	dwell on, linger over,
definition	:	delay (verb.stative)

15. be in a huff; be silent or sullen (verb.emotion)

derivation	:	fret, lather, stew, sweat, swither,
definition	:	agitation resulting from active worry (noun.state)

16. be in a huff and display one's displeasure (verb.stative)

derivation	:	sulk, sulkiness,
definition	:	a mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	gloomy gus, picklepuss, pouter, sourpuss,
definition	:	someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression (noun.person)

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