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noun 
  1. (uncountable) What comes out of an egg.
  2. The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time and cared for by the same mother.
  3. The children in one family.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: broedsel
  • French: couvée
  • German: Brut(de)f
    • Italian: covata(it)f
    • Spanish: polluelo
    verb 
    1. To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.
    2. To dwell upon moodily and at length.
    3. to protect
    He sat brooding about the upcoming battle, fearing the outcome.
    Translations: 
    • Dutch: broeden
    • French: couver (1)
      • German: brí¼ten (1,2)
      • Italian: covare (1,2)

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