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brood verb

  /bɹuːd/ , /bɹʉd/
  • (transitive) To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.
 broeden, uitbroeden
  • (intransitive) (typically with over, on or about) To dwell upon moodily and at length, mainly alone.
 broeden, piekeren
  • (transitive) To protect (something that is gradually maturing); to foster.
 behoeden

brood noun

  /bɹuːd/ , /bɹʉd/
  • (uncountable) The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time.
 broedsel
  • The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
 gebroed, legsel, nageslacht, nest
  • (countable, uncountable) The children in one family; offspring.
 maagschap, nageslacht, sibbe

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