Definition of brood

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Brood (a.) Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow..

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Brood :: Brood (v. t.) To cherish with care.
Cluck :: Cluck (v. i.) To make the noise, or utter the call, of a brooding hen..
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens..
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
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..
Abrood :: Abrood (adv.) In the act of brooding.
Breed :: Breed (n.) A number produced at once; a brood.
Covey :: Covey (v. i.) To brood; to incubate.
Broody :: Broody (a.) Inclined to brood.
Hatch :: Hatch (n.) The chickens produced at once or by one incubation; a brood.
Nye :: Nye (n.) A brood or flock of pheasants.
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
Nide :: Nide (n.) A nestful; a brood; as, a nide of pheasants..
Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate..
Polygoneutic :: Polygoneutic (a.) Having two or more broods in a season.
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..
Morose :: Morose (a.) Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts.
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..
Brood :: Brood (a.) Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.
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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