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1. verb1) ((of birds) to sit on eggs.) empollar2) (to think (about something) anxiously for some time: There's no point in brooding about what happened.) rumiar, dar vueltas
2. noun(the number of young hatched at one time.) nidada, camadatr[brʊːd]1 (birds) nidada1 (hen) empollar2 figurative use (worry) apurarse, preocuparse\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLbrood mare SMALLZOOLOGY/SMALL yegua de críabrood ['bru:d] vt1) incubate: empollar, incubar2) ponder: sopesar, considerarbrood vi1) incubate: empollar2) reflect: rumiar, reflexionar3) worry: ponerse melancólico, inquietarsebrood adj: de críabrood n: nidada f (de pájaros), camada f (de mamíferos)n.• camada s.f.• casta s.f.• cría s.f.• empolladura s.f.• generación s.f.• lechigada s.f.• nidada s.f.• pollada s.f.• progenie s.f.• ventregada s.f.v.• empollar v.• encobar v.
I bruːda) ( of birds) nidada f; ( of mammals) camada fb) ( of children) (hum) prole f (fam & hum)
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[bruːd]stop brooding on o over it — deja de darle vueltas al asunto
1.N (gen) cría f, camada f ; [of chicks] nidada f ; [of insects etc] generación f ; hum [of children] prole f2. VI1) [bird] empollar2) (fig) [person] ponerse melancólicoto brood on or over — dar vueltas a
3.CPDbrood mare N — yegua f de cría
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I [bruːd]a) ( of birds) nidada f; ( of mammals) camada fb) ( of children) (hum) prole f (fam & hum)
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stop brooding on o over it — deja de darle vueltas al asunto
См. также в других словарях:
brooding — rood ing, a. good at incubating eggs, especially of a fowl kept for that purpose; as, a brooding hen. Syn: brood, hatching. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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clocking hen — n. brooding hen … English contemporary dictionary
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Cluck — Cluck, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Clucked}; p pr. & vb. n. {Clucking}.] [AS. cloccian; cf. D. klokken, G. glucken, glucksen, LG. klukken, Dan. klukke; all prob. of imitative origin.] To make the noise, or utter the call, of a brooding hen. Ray. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Clucked — Cluck Cluck, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Clucked}; p pr. & vb. n. {Clucking}.] [AS. cloccian; cf. D. klokken, G. glucken, glucksen, LG. klukken, Dan. klukke; all prob. of imitative origin.] To make the noise, or utter the call, of a brooding hen. Ray.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Clucking — Cluck ing, n. The noise or call of a brooding hen. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Clucking — Cluck Cluck, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Clucked}; p pr. & vb. n. {Clucking}.] [AS. cloccian; cf. D. klokken, G. glucken, glucksen, LG. klukken, Dan. klukke; all prob. of imitative origin.] To make the noise, or utter the call, of a brooding hen. Ray.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sitter — /sit euhr/, n. 1. a person who sits. 2. a brooding hen. 3. a person who stays with young children while the parents go out; baby sitter. 4. a person who provides routine or custodial care temporarily or part time, as for an elderly person or a… … Universalium
clecking — North Country (Newcastle) Words the noise made bya brooding hen … English dialects glossary
