The meaning of Progeny

noun

A family of birds or other young animals produced at one hatching or birth.

Usage examples:

A brood of chicks

verb

Think deeply about something that makes one unhappy, angry, or worried.

Usage examples:

She had brooded over the subject a thousand times

adjective

(of an animal) kept to be used for breeding.

Usage examples:

A brood mare

noun

A young human being below the age of puberty or below the legal age of majority.

Usage examples:

She'd been playing tennis since she was a child

Pl of child

noun

A person, plant, or animal that is descended from a particular ancestor.

Usage examples:

She's a descendant of charles darwin

noun

A person related to someone from an earlier generation (= all the people of about the same age within a particular family)

Usage examples:

The pennsylvania dutch are descendants of early german immigrants.

noun

A group of one or more parents and their children living together as a unit.

Usage examples:

The family lived in a large house with a lot of land

adjective

Designed to be suitable for children as well as adults.

Usage examples:

A family newspaper

noun

A social group of parents, children, and sometimes grandparents, uncles, aunts, and others who are related

Usage examples:

[ c ] her family moved here when she was eleven., [ u ] many people cope with the demands of both c…

noun

A person legally entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death.

Usage examples:

His eldest son and heir

noun

An important topic or problem for debate or discussion.

Usage examples:

The issue of racism

verb

Supply or distribute (something) for use or sale.

Usage examples:

Licences were issued indiscriminately to any company

noun

A subject or problem that people are thinking and talking about

Usage examples:

There continues to be a great deal of debate over the property tax issue., isn’t the need to hire m…

noun

Direct descent from an ancestor; ancestry or pedigree.

Usage examples:

A dutch nobleman of ancient lineage

noun

A person's child or children.

Usage examples:

The offspring of middle-class parents

noun

The young of an animal, or a person’s children

Usage examples:

Champion horses have numerous offspring.

noun

All future generations of people.

Usage examples:

The victims' names are recorded for posterity

noun

The production of offspring; procreation.

noun

The amount of arrows a quiver can hold.

Usage examples:

I quickly took the bow and a quiverful of blue-fletched arrows.

noun

A young shoot or twig of a plant, especially one cut for grafting or rooting.

Usage examples:

Rose wilt was long thought to be a suspected viral disease caused by grafting scions onto imported …

noun

A young member of a rich and famous family

noun

The unit of reproduction of a flowering plant, capable of developing into another such plant.

Usage examples:

Cut open the peppers and remove the seeds

verb

Sow (land) with seeds.

Usage examples:

The shoreline is seeded with a special grass

noun

A small, usually hard part of a plant from which a new plant can grow

Usage examples:

A good defense lawyer knows how to plant these little seeds of doubt in the minds of jurors., we se…

verb

(of a fish, frog, mollusc, crustacean, etc.) release or deposit eggs.

Usage examples:

The fish spawn among fine-leaved plants

noun

The eggs of fish, frogs, etc.

Usage examples:

The fish covers its spawn with gravel

noun

The goods or merchandise kept on the premises of a shop or warehouse and available for sale or distribution.

Usage examples:

The store has a very low turnover of stock

adjective

(of a product or type of product) usually kept in stock and thus regularly available for sale.

Usage examples:

25 per cent off stock items

verb

Have or keep a supply of (a particular product or type or product) available for sale.

Usage examples:

Most supermarkets now stock a range of organic produce

noun

A person or thing that succeeds another.

Usage examples:

Schoenberg saw himself as a natural successor to the german romantic school

noun

Someone or something that follows and takes the job, place, or position that was held by another

Usage examples:

The company will announce the appointment of a successor to its retiring chairman at the next board…

noun

Someone or something that comes after another person or thing

Usage examples:

Successor to sb/sth she has been appointed successor to the retiring chief executive., network rail…

adjective

Having lived or existed for only a short time.

Usage examples:

A young girl

noun

Offspring, especially of an animal before or soon after birth.

Usage examples:

Many grebes carry their young on their backs

adjective

(esp. of something living) at an early stage of development or existence; not old

Usage examples:

Young children should not be left alone at home., i work with wonderful young people mostly in thei…