| ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -broo-, *broo* |
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| | brooch | (n) a decorative pin worn by women, Syn. broach, breastpin | | brooch | (v) fasten with or as if with a brooch, Syn. clasp | | brood | (n) the young of an animal cared for at one time | | brood | (v) think moodily or anxiously about something, See also: dwell on, Syn. dwell | | brood | (v) hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing, Syn. hover, loom, bulk large, Example: The terrible vision brooded over her all day long | | brood | (v) sit on (eggs), Syn. hatch, cover, incubate, Example: Birds brood; The female covers the eggs | | brood bitch | (n) a bitch used for breeding | | brood hen | (n) a domestic hen ready to brood, Syn. broody hen, broody, setting hen, sitter | | brooding | (n) sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body, Syn. incubation | | brooding | (adj) deeply or seriously thoughtful, Syn. reflective, pensive, ruminative, meditative, musing, broody, contemplative, pondering, Example: Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man |
| | Brooch | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Brooched ] To adorn as with a brooch. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] | | Brooch | n. [ See Broach, n. ] 1. An ornament, in various forms, with a tongue, pin, or loop for attaching it to a garment; now worn at the breast by women; a breastpin. Formerly worn by men on the hat. [ 1913 Webster ] Honor 's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Paint.) A painting all of one color, as a sepia painting, or an India painting. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Brood | v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Brooded; p. pr. & vb. n. Brooding. ] 1. To sit on and cover eggs, as a fowl, for the purpose of warming them and hatching the young; or to sit over and cover young, as a hen her chickens, in order to warm and protect them; hence, to sit quietly, as if brooding. [ 1913 Webster ] Birds of calm sir brooding on the charmed wave. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To have the mind dwell continuously or moodily on a subject; to think long and anxiously; to be in a state of gloomy, serious thought; -- usually followed by over or on; as, to brood over misfortunes. [ 1913 Webster ] Brooding on unprofitable gold. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] Brooding over all these matters, the mother felt like one who has evoked a spirit. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ] When with downcast eyes we muse and brood. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Brood | v. t. 1. To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To cherish with care. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 3. To think anxiously or moodily upon. [ 1913 Webster ] You'll sit and brood your sorrows on a throne. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Brood | n. [ OE. brod, AS. brōd; akin to D. broed, OHG. bruot, G. brut, and also to G. brühe broth, MHG. brüeje, and perh. to E. brawn, breath. Cf. Breed, v. t. ] 1. The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens. [ 1913 Webster ] As a hen doth gather her brood under her wings. Luke xiii. 34. [ 1913 Webster ] A hen followed by a brood of ducks. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The young from the same dam, whether produced at the same time or not; young children of the same mother, especially if nearly of the same age; offspring; progeny; as, a woman with a brood of children. [ 1913 Webster ] The lion roars and gluts his tawny brood. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. That which is bred or produced; breed; species. [ 1913 Webster ] Flocks of the airy brood,
(Cranes, geese or long-necked swans). Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. (Mining) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores. [ 1913 Webster ]
To sit on brood, to ponder. [ Poetic ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | Brood | a. 1. Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow. [ 1913 Webster ] | | brooder | n. a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants.
Syn. -- incubator. [ WordNet 1.5 ] | | brooding | a. 1. worried and thinking long and intensely, especially about a particular problem.
Syn. -- broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative, gloomy, morose. [ WordNet 1.5 ] | | brooding | a. good at incubating eggs, especially of a fowl kept for that purpose; as, a brooding hen.
Syn. -- brood, hatching. [ WordNet 1.5 ] | | brooding | n. the process of sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body; -- mostly used of birds.
Syn. -- incubation. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
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