Definition of brood

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Brood (v. t.) The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens..

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Clucking :: Clucking (n.) The noise or call of a brooding hen.
Eelfare :: Eelfare (n.) A brood of eels.
Abrood :: Abrood (adv.) In the act of brooding.
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
Breed :: Breed (n.) A number produced at once; a brood.
Cove :: Cove (v. t.) To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs..
Incubation :: Incubation (n.) A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process..
Hatch :: Hatch (n.) The chickens produced at once or by one incubation; a brood.
Sitting :: Sitting (n.) A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls..
Brood :: Brood (a.) Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow..
Covey :: Covey (n.) A brood or hatch of birds; an old bird with her brood of young; hence, a small flock or number of birds together; -- said of game; as, a covey of partridges..
Incubate :: Incubate (v. i. & t.) To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon, or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching..
Monogoneutic :: Monogoneutic (a.) Having but one brood in a season.
Nide :: Nide (n.) A nestful; a brood; as, a nide of pheasants..
Nye :: Nye (n.) A brood or flock of pheasants.
Chaw :: Chaw (v. t.) To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over.
Brood :: Brood (v. i.) To have the mind dwell continuously or moodily on a subject; to think long and anxiously; to be in a state of gloomy, serious thought; -- usually followed by over or on; as, to brood over misfortunes..
Broody :: Broody (a.) Inclined to brood.
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens..
Brood :: Brood (a.) Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.
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