Definition of brood

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Brood (v. t.) The young from the same dam, whether produced at the same time or not; young children of the same mother, especially if nearly of the same age; offspring; progeny; as, a woman with a brood of children..

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Cluck :: Cluck (v. i.) To make the noise, or utter the call, of a brooding hen..
Broody :: Broody (a.) Inclined to brood.
Cove :: Cove (v. t.) To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs..
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
Brood :: Brood (a.) Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.
Breed :: Breed (n.) A number produced at once; a brood.
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) To cherish with care.
Brood :: Brood (a.) Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow..
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..
Polygoneutic :: Polygoneutic (a.) Having two or more broods in a season.
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..
Aerie :: Aerie (n.) The nest of a bird of prey, as of an eagle or hawk; also a brood of such birds; eyrie. Shak. Also fig.: A human residence or resting place perched like an eagle's nest..
Sitting :: Sitting (n.) A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls..
Monogoneutic :: Monogoneutic (a.) Having but one brood in a season.
Covey :: Covey (v. i.) To brood; to incubate.
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
Morose :: Morose (a.) Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts.
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..
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..
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