Definition of brood

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

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Nye :: Nye (n.) A brood or flock of pheasants.
Clucking :: Clucking (n.) The noise or call of a brooding hen.
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..
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..
Covey :: Covey (v. i.) To brood; to incubate.
Cover :: Cover (v. t.) To brood or sit on; to incubate.
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..
Eelfare :: Eelfare (n.) A brood of eels.
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..
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..
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..
Hatch :: Hatch (n.) The chickens produced at once or by one incubation; a brood.
Team :: Team (n.) A group of young animals, especially of young ducks; a brood; a litter..
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
Monogoneutic :: Monogoneutic (a.) Having but one brood in a season.
Brood :: Brood (a.) Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow..
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..
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..
Brooded :: Brooded (imp. & p. p.) of Broo.
Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate..
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