Definition of brood

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

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Sitting :: Sitting (n.) A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls..
Eye :: Eye (n.) A brood; as, an eye of pheasants..
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) To cherish with care.
Cove :: Cove (v. t.) To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs..
Brooded :: Brooded (imp. & p. p.) of Broo.
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..
Team :: Team (n.) A group of young animals, especially of young ducks; a brood; a litter..
Broody :: Broody (a.) Inclined to brood.
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..
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens..
Cluck :: Cluck (v. i.) To make the noise, or utter the call, of a brooding hen..
Monogoneutic :: Monogoneutic (a.) Having but one brood in a season.
Clucking :: Clucking (n.) The noise or call of a brooding hen.
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..
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..
Brood :: Brood (a.) Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow..
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
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..
Morose :: Morose (a.) Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts.
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