Brood (Noun)
Meaning
The young of an animal cared for at one time.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The mother hen carefully guarded her brood of chicks in the farmyard.
- A brood of ducklings swam closely behind their mother in the pond.
- The female robin sat patiently on her nest, waiting for her brood to hatch.
- After weeks of caring for her brood, the mother bear was relieved to see them grow strong enough to hunt on their own.
- The farmer checked on the brood of baby turkeys in the incubator to ensure they were developing properly.