behoeden — meaning in English

English meaning

• brood noun A group of young animals, especially birds, hatched or raised together.
• forfend verb To stop something bad from happening, or to forbid it.

Senses

behoeden is used for these senses in English:

• brood (transitive) To protect (something that is gradually maturing); to foster.
• forfend (archaic) To prohibit; to forbid; to avert.
• watch over (idiomatic) To guard and protect.

brood — full definition

1. noun A group of young animals, especially birds, hatched or raised together.
2. noun Informal term for the children of one family.
3. verb Of a bird, to sit on eggs to keep them warm until they hatch.
4. verb To dwell unhappily on one's thoughts, often alone.

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