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Definition of brood

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Brood (v. i.) To have the mind dwell continuously or moodily on a subject; to think long and anxiously; to be in a state of gloomy, serious thought; -- usually followed by over or on; as, to brood over misfortunes..

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Nye :: Nye (n.) A brood or flock of pheasants.

Brood :: Brood (v. i.) To have the mind dwell continuously or moodily on a subject; to think long and anxiously; to be in a state of gloomy, serious thought; -- usually followed by over or on; as, to brood over misfortunes..

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..

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..

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..

Monogoneutic :: Monogoneutic (a.) Having but one brood in a season.

Brood :: Brood (v. t.) That which is bred or produced; breed; species.

Sitting :: Sitting (n.) A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls..

Cover :: Cover (v. t.) To brood or sit on; to incubate.

Broody :: Broody (a.) Inclined to brood.

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..

Eelfare :: Eelfare (n.) A brood of eels.

Morose :: Morose (a.) Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts.

Cove :: Cove (v. t.) To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs..

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..

Nide :: Nide (n.) A nestful; a brood; as, a nide of pheasants..

Brooding :: Brooding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Broo.

Brooded :: Brooded (imp. & p. p.) of Broo.

Eye :: Eye (n.) A brood; as, an eye of pheasants..

Abrood :: Abrood (adv.) In the act of brooding.