brood

Definition

The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.

Etymology

From Middle English brood, brod, from Old English brōd (“brood; foetus; breeding, hatching”), from Proto-Germanic *brōduz (“heat, breeding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁- (“breath, mist, vapour, steam”).

Example Sentences

• "As a hen doth gather her brood under her wings."
• "Ay, lord, she will become thy bed, I warrant, / And bring thee forth brave brood."
• "Garland Green, the tenth in a brood of eleven, was born on June 24, 1942, in Dunleath, Mississippi."

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