covare — meaning in English

English meaning

• brood noun A group of young animals, especially birds, hatched or raised together.
• hatch noun A small door or opening, often in a floor, ceiling, wall, or vehicle.
• smolder verb To burn slowly, giving off smoke but with little to no flame.

Senses

covare is used for these senses in English:

• brood (transitive) To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.
• brood (intransitive) (typically with over, on or about) To dwell upon moodily and at length, mainly alone.
• hatch (transitive) To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.
• smolder (intransitive, figuratively) To show signs of repressed anger or suppressed mental turmoil or other strong emotion, such as passion.

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.

hatch — full definition

1. noun A small door or opening, often in a floor, ceiling, wall, or vehicle.
2. verb For a young animal to break out of its egg, or for an egg to produce a young animal.
3. verb To plan or devise something, especially a scheme.

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