abrood
US/əˈbɹud/
abrood adverb: upon a brood; on a hatch.
Adverb
abrood (comparative more abrood, superlative most abrood)
- Upon a brood; on a hatch.
- The word in the original (as St. Hierom tells us from the Hebrew traditions) implies, that the Spirit of God sat abrood upon the whole rude mass, as birds upon their eggs, […]1821, George D'Oyly, Hendrik Slatius, Henry Wharton, The life of William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Mischief.
Adjective
abrood (comparative more abrood, superlative most abrood)
- Upon a brood; hatching eggs.
- Mischief.
Forms of abrood
| Adverb | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more abrood |
| superlative | most abrood |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more abrood |
| superlative | most abrood |
Origin of abrood
From Middle English abrod, equivalent to a- + brood.
Words that rhyme with abrood
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- lewd
- rood
- snood
- Jude
- denude
- extrude
- exude
- feud
- nude
- obtrude
- reclude
- stewed
- subdued
- transclude
- delude
- hewed
- intrude
- oud
- pood
- screwed
- seclude
- skewed
- strewed
- thewed
- you'd
- 'tude
- ablude
- abstrude
- accrued
- allude
- blued
- boo'd
- booed
- brewed
- Bude
- chewed
- chud
- clued
- collude
- construed
- cooed
- crewed
- cued
- debuted
- dzud
- fod
- frood
- glued
Questions about abrood
- What does abrood mean?
- Abrood means upon a brood; on a hatch.
- What part of speech is abrood?
- Abrood can be an adverb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce abrood?
- Abrood is pronounced /əˈbɹud/ (US).
Words near abrood in the dictionary
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