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Meanings of brood in English

Catalan
sorgir
Spanish
surgir

Hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing.

sorgir
Portuguese
eclodir
Catalan
incubar
Spanish
incubar

Sit on (eggs)

eclodir
Portuguese
estar hospedado
Catalan
afligir-se

Think moodily or anxiously about something.

Related terms
estar hospedado

Be in a huff and display one's displeasure.

Synonyms
Examples for "pout"
Examples for "pout"
1
I did note, however, her lower lip puffed out in a pout.
The brush-off: a hair-raising mystery
2
Shandy, glancing back for a moment, saw Hurwood's pout of scholarly dissatisfaction.
On Stranger Tides
3
There was a slight pout about her lips; she hung her head.
The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories
4
That familiar pout returned as she continued to toy with his wings.
Embrace the darkness
5
It also gives nourishment when used overnight, for a perfect morning pout.
The Irish Times
1
He'd put aside shock and anger in favour of a good sulk.
Hex and the city
2
It was impossible to sulk for long if she was with them.
Five on a treasure island
3
Kell was sure that Rhy would sulk for weeks about his absence.
A Darker Shade of Magic
4
I DO sulk; and Stephen came back before I had finished sulking.
Anne of Avonlea
5
I only sulk for a moment before two more ambulance hovercrafts land.
The Hunger Pains
Usage of brood in English
1
This year they have gone one better, with a brood of four.
The Guardian
2
Spreading a brood among several figs will have one of two consequences.
Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
3
He decided to let her brood on it till, say, next week.
East of eden
4
With the arsenate you apply it once and kill all the brood.
Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 / Embracing the Tra...
5
The keeper opens the two center partitions to examine the brood cells.
War and Peace
6
Not quite sure what the Fowlers will make of her brood, though.
The Irish Times
7
If she went straight home, which was her impulse, she'd just brood.
Deadly little secrets
8
It was the imagination that made each crime bear its misshapen brood.
The picture of Dorian Gray
9
The fall brood of flies appears shortly before the first heavy frost.
Agriculture for Beginners / Revised Edition
10
Donagh: The whole brood and tribe of them went a month back.
Waysiders, Stories of Connacht
11
It was not in him, to sit and brood over lost happiness.
The White Ladies of Worcester: A Romance of the Twelfth Century
12
The thrifty housewife sees to it that her brood are well fed.
Jean François Millet / A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Po...
13
Kirsten Johnstone caught up with Annabel to talk about the expanding brood.
Radio NZ
14
You see I brood continually over the murder of poor Victoria Vane.
Five Thousand Dollars Reward
15
Indeed, what escapes the depredations of the ants promises a plenteous brood.
The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
16
Staying out of my way as I brood in the command center.
Halo Silentium
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Translations for brood
Brood through the time
Brood across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common