Definition of "broods" []

• Plural form of brood. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brood. (verb)

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• "Furthermore, to hold that this word broods like a dark and inescapable fate over the future of a race, is to hold to a very grievous misunderstanding."
• "The shadow of the great Roman name broods upon the huge sepulchres and abides for ever within the narrow walls."
• "The beekeepers also had several young bees called broods on hand to encourage the bees into the boxes, he said."