brood vs stew

brood

verb
  • To keep an egg warm to make it hatch. 

  • (typically with about or over) To dwell upon moodily and at length, mainly alone. 

  • To be bred. 

  • To protect (something that is gradually maturing); to foster. 

noun
  • Heavy waste in tin and copper ores. 

  • Parentage. 

  • The children in one family; offspring. 

  • The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time. 

  • The eggs and larvae of social insects such as bees, ants and some wasps, especially when gathered together in special brood chambers or combs within the colony. 

  • The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother. 

  • That which is bred or produced; breed; species. 

adj
  • Kept or reared for breeding. 

stew

verb
  • To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering. 

  • To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong. 

  • To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions. 

  • To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger. 

noun
  • A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath. 

  • A dish cooked by stewing. 

  • A state of agitated excitement, worry, and/or confusion. 

  • A steward or stewardess on an airplane or boat. 

  • A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating. 

  • An artificial bed of oysters. 

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