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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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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..

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..

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..

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

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

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..

Polygoneutic :: Polygoneutic (a.) Having two or more broods in a season.

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

Breed :: Breed (n.) A number produced at once; a brood.

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

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..

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..

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

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

Brood :: Brood (v. t.) To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens..

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

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

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

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