Definition of brood

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Brood (a.) Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.

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Brooding :: Brooding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Broo.
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..
Nide :: Nide (n.) A nestful; a brood; as, a nide of pheasants..
Subjective :: Subjective (a.) Especially, pertaining to, or derived from, one's own consciousness, in distinction from external observation; ralating to the mind, or intellectual world, in distinction from the outward or material excessively occupied with, or brooding over, one's own internal states..
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
Nye :: Nye (n.) A brood or flock of pheasants.
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..
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..
Abrood :: Abrood (adv.) In the act of brooding.
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) To think anxiously or moodily upon.
Brood :: Brood (a.) Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.
Brood :: Brood (a.) Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow..
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) To cherish with care.
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..
Broody :: Broody (a.) Inclined to brood.
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..
Cover :: Cover (v. t.) To brood or sit on; to incubate.
Clucking :: Clucking (n.) The noise or call of a brooding hen.
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