Synonyms of the word

brood

• n. The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same…
• n. (uncountable) The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time.
• n. The eggs and larvae of social insects such as bees, ants and some wasps, especially when gathered together…
• n. The children in one family.
• n. That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
• n. (mining) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
• v. (transitive) To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.
• v. (transitive) To protect.
• v. (intransitive) To dwell upon moodily and at length (with adpositions generally being either about or over).

brood

• n. The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same…
• n. (uncountable) The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time.
• n. The eggs and larvae of social insects such as bees, ants and some wasps, especially when gathered together…
• n. The children in one family.
• n. That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
• n. (mining) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
• v. (transitive) To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.
• v. (transitive) To protect.
• v. (intransitive) To dwell upon moodily and at length (with adpositions generally being either about or over).

care

• n. (obsolete) Grief, sorrow.
• n. Close attention; concern; responsibility.
• n. Worry.
• n. Maintenance, upkeep.
• n. The treatment of those in need (especially as a profession).
• n. The state of being cared for by others.
• n. The object of watchful attention or anxiety.
• v. (intransitive) To be concerned about, have an interest in.
• v. (intransitive) To look after.
• v. (intransitive) To be mindful of.
• v. (intransitive) Polite or formal way to say want.

cover

• n. A lid.
• n. A hiding from view.
• n. A front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
• n. A top sheet of a bed.
• n. A cover charge.
• n. A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
• n. (music) A rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
• n. (cricket) A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square;…
• n. (topology) A set (more often known as a family) of sets, whose union contains the given set.
• n. (philately) An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
• n. (military) A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
• n. (law) In commercial law, a buyer’s purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods…
• n. (insurance) An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
• n. (espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative, cover story.
• n. The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
• n. In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
• adj. Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.
• adj. (music) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions.
• v. (transitive) To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
• v. (transitive) To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
• v. (transitive) To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
• v. (transitive) To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
• v. (transitive) To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).
• v. (of a publication) To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.
• v. To deal with.
• v. To be enough money for.
• v. (intransitive) To act as a replacement.
• v. (transitive) To have as an assignment or responsibility.
• v. (music) To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).
• v. (military, law enforcement) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect…
• v. To provide insurance coverage for.
• v. To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
• v. (chess, transitive) To protect or control (a piece or square).
• v. To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.

dwell

• n. (engineering) A period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state.
• n. (engineering) A brief pause in the motion of part of a mechanism to allow an operation to be completed.
• n. (electrical engineering) A planned delay in a timed control program.
• n. (automotive) In a petrol engine, the period of time the ignition points are closed to let current flow…
• v. (intransitive, now literary) To live; to reside.
• v. (intransitive) To linger (on) a particular thought, idea etc.; to remain fixated (on).
• v. (intransitive, engineering) To be in a given state.
• v. (intransitive) To abide; to remain; to continue.

grizzle

• n. A dark grey colour.
• n. Grey hair.
• n. A grey wig.
• adj. Of a grey colour.
• v. To make or become grey, as with age.
• v. to cry continuously but not very loudly - especially of a young child.
• v. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, slang) To whinge or whine.
• v. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, slang) To fuss or cry.

hang

• v. (intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
• v. (intransitive) To float, as if suspended.
• v. (intransitive, of a ball in cricket, tennis, etc.) To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to…
• v. (transitive) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
• v. (transitive) To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, or the like.
• v. (transitive, law) To execute (someone) by suspension from the neck.
• v. (intransitive, law) To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised…
• v. (intransitive, informal) To loiter, hang around, to spend time idly.
• v. (transitive) To exhibit (an object) by hanging.
• v. (transitive) To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
• v. (transitive) To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To remain persistently in one's thoughts.
• v. (transitive) To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must…
• v. (intransitive, computing) To stop responding to manual input devices such as keyboard and mouse.
• v. (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
• v. (transitive, chess) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
• v. (intransitive, chess) To be vulnerable to capture.
• v. (transitive, baseball, slang) Of a pitcher, to throw a hittable off-speed pitch.
• n. The way in which something hangs.
• n. (figuratively) A grip, understanding.
• n. (computing) An instance of ceasing to respond to input devices.
• n. A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
• n. (Ireland, informal, derogatory) Cheap, processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.
• n. Alternative spelling of Hang.

hatch

• n. A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.
• n. A trapdoor.
• n. An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items. A pass through.
• n. A small door in large mechanical structures and vehicles such as aircraft and spacecraft often provided…
• n. An opening through the deck of a ship or submarine.
• n. (slang) A gullet.
• n. A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.
• n. A floodgate; a sluice gate.
• n. (Scotland) A bedstead.
• n. (mining) An opening into, or in search of, a mine.
• v. (transitive) To close with a hatch or hatches.
• v. (intransitive) (of young animals) To emerge from an egg.
• v. (intransitive) (of eggs) To break open when a young animal emerges from it.
• v. (transitive) To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.
• v. (transitive) To devise.
• n. The act of hatching.
• n. Development; disclosure; discovery.
• n. (poultry) A group of birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time.
• n. (often as mayfly hatch) The phenomenon, lasting 1–2 days, of large clouds of mayflies appearing in one…
• n. (informal) A birth, the birth records (in the newspaper) — compare the phrase "hatched, matched, and dispatched…
• v. (transitive) To shade an area of (a drawing, diagram, etc.) with fine parallel lines, or with lines which…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep.

hover

• v. To float in the air.
• v. To linger in one place.
• v. To waver, or be uncertain.
• v. (computing) To place the cursor over a hyperlink or icon without clicking.
• n. A cover; a shelter; a protection.

incubate

• v. (transitive) To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal…
• v. (transitive) To incubate metaphorically; to ponder an idea slowly and deliberately as if in preparation…

loom

• n. A utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general.
• n. A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for…
• n. The part of an oar which is between the grip or handle and the blade, the shaft.
• n. (dated) loon (bird of order Gaviformes).
• v. to impend; to threaten or hang over.
• v. To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.

multiply

• v. (transitive) To increase the amount, degree or number of (something).
• v. (transitive, arithmetic) To perform multiplication on (a number).
• v. (intransitive) To grow in number.
• v. (intransitive) To breed or propagate.
• v. (intransitive, arithmetic) To perform multiplication.
• v. (transitive, rare) To be a factor in a multiplication with (another factor).
• n. (computer science) An act or instance of multiplying.
• adv. In many or multiple ways.

pout

• v. (intransitive) To push out one's lips.
• v. (intransitive) To be or pretend to be ill-tempered; to sulk.
• v. (transitive) To say while pouting.
• n. One's facial expression when pouting.
• n. A fit of sulking or sullenness.
• n. (rare) Shortened name of various fishes such as the hornpout (Ameiurus nebulosus, the brown bullhead),…
• n. Alternative form of poult.
• v. (Scotland) To shoot poults.

procreate

• v. (transitive) To beget or conceive (offspring).
• v. (transitive) To originate, create or produce something.
• v. (intransitive) To reproduce.

reproduce

• v. To produce an image or copy of something.
• v. (biology) To generate offspring (sexually or asexually), or organisms.
• v. To produce again; to recreate.
• v. To bring something to mind; to recall.

stew

• n. (obsolete) A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron.
• n. (now historical) A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath.
• n. (archaic) A brothel.
• n. (obsolete) A prostitute.
• n. (uncountable, countable) A dish cooked by stewing.
• n. (Sussex) A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating.
• n. (US, regional) An artificial bed of oysters.
• n. (slang) A state of agitated excitement, worry, and/or confusion.
• v. (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.
• v. (transitive) To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.
• n. A steward or stewardess on an airplane.

sulk

• n. a state of sulking.
• v. (intransitive) to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn.
• n. A furrow.

worry

• v. (intransitive) To be troubled, to give way to mental anxiety.
• v. (transitive) Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress.
• v. (transitive) To harass; to irritate or distress.
• v. (transitive) To seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf.
• v. (transitive) To touch repeatedly, to fiddle with.
• v. (transitive, obsolete, except in Scots) To strangle.
• n. A strong feeling of anxiety.
• n. An instance or cause of such a feeling.