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broyer du noir — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • brood noun A group of young animals, especially birds, hatched or raised together.

Senses

broyer du noir is used for these senses in English:

  • brood (intransitive) (typically with over, on or about) To dwell upon moodily and at length, mainly alone.
  • have the blues (idiomatic, informal) To be depressed; to have low morale; to feel sad.

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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