EGAVE

brood

About 1.71 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
  2. noun The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time.
  3. noun The eggs and larvae of social insects such as bees, ants and some wasps, especially when gathered together in special brood chambers or combs within the colony.
  4. noun The children in one family; offspring.
  5. noun That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
  6. noun Parentage.
  7. noun Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
  8. noun A large number or crowd of people, animals, or objects.

Similar words

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Often followed by

of over and in is on chamber mares size

Word family

brooded brooding broodingly broods

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