Definition of brood

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Brood (v. t.) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.

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Eelfare :: Eelfare (n.) A brood of eels.
Cluck :: Cluck (v. i.) To make the noise, or utter the call, of a brooding hen..
Nye :: Nye (n.) A brood or flock of pheasants.
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..
Broody :: Broody (a.) Inclined to brood.
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens..
Abrood :: Abrood (adv.) In the act of brooding.
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) To cherish with care.
Nide :: Nide (n.) A nestful; a brood; as, a nide of pheasants..
Cove :: Cove (v. t.) To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs..
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens..
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..
Hatch :: Hatch (n.) The chickens produced at once or by one incubation; a brood.
Brood :: Brood (a.) Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.
Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate..
Cover :: Cover (v. t.) To brood or sit on; to incubate.
Brood :: 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..
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..
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