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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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Brood :: Brood (v. t.) To think anxiously or moodily upon.

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

Hatch :: Hatch (n.) The chickens produced at once or by one incubation; a brood.

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..

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.

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

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 (v. t.) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.

Covey :: Covey (v. i.) To brood; to incubate.

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..

Cluck :: Cluck (v. i.) To make the noise, or utter the call, of a brooding hen..