Definition of brood

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

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Eye :: Eye (n.) A brood; as, an eye of pheasants..
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens..
Monogoneutic :: Monogoneutic (a.) Having but one brood in a season.
Chaw :: Chaw (v. t.) To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over.
Sitting :: Sitting (n.) A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls..
Brooding :: Brooding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Broo.
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.) To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens..
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..
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..
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
Nide :: Nide (n.) A nestful; a brood; as, a nide of pheasants..
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
Clucking :: Clucking (n.) The noise or call of a brooding hen.
Brood :: Brood (a.) Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow..
Hatch :: Hatch (n.) The chickens produced at once or by one incubation; a brood.
Nye :: Nye (n.) A brood or flock of pheasants.
Team :: Team (n.) A group of young animals, especially of young ducks; a brood; a litter..
Cove :: Cove (v. t.) To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs..
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