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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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..
Brooded :: Brooded (imp. & p. p.) of Broo.
Clucking :: Clucking (n.) The noise or call of a brooding hen.
Eye :: Eye (n.) A brood; as, an eye of pheasants..
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) To cherish with care.
Cluck :: Cluck (v. i.) To make the noise, or utter the call, of a brooding hen..
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens..
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens..
Morose :: Morose (a.) Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts.
Monogoneutic :: Monogoneutic (a.) Having but one brood in a season.
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..
Abrood :: Abrood (adv.) In the act of brooding.
Brooding :: Brooding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Broo.
Chaw :: Chaw (v. t.) To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over.
Team :: Team (n.) A group of young animals, especially of young ducks; a brood; a litter..
Melancholia :: Melancholia (n.) A kind of mental unsoundness characterized by extreme depression of spirits, ill-grounded fears, delusions, and brooding over one particular subject or train of ideas..
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..
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) To think anxiously or moodily upon.
Brood :: Brood (v. i.) To sit on and cover eggs, as a fowl, for the purpose of warming them and hatching the young; or to sit over and cover young, as a hen her chickens, in order to warm and protect them; hence, to sit quietly, as if brooding..
Hatch :: Hatch (n.) The chickens produced at once or by one incubation; a brood.
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