ruva — meaning in English

English meaning

• brood noun A group of young animals, especially birds, hatched or raised together.
• scab noun A dry, hard crust that forms over a wound as it heals.

Senses

ruva is used for these senses in English:

• brood (intransitive) (typically with over, on or about) To dwell upon moodily and at length, mainly alone.
• scab An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing.

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.

scab — full definition

1. noun A dry, hard crust that forms over a wound as it heals.
2. noun An insulting term for a worker who continues working, or takes a striking worker's job, during a labor strike.
3. verb To act as a strikebreaker.

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