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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Team :: Team (n.) A group of young animals, especially of young ducks; a brood; a litter..
Abrood :: Abrood (adv.) In the act of brooding.
Cluck :: Cluck (v. i.) To make the noise, or utter the call, of a brooding hen..
Brood :: Brood (a.) Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.
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..
Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate..
Cove :: Cove (v. t.) To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs..
Broody :: Broody (a.) Inclined to brood.
Brood :: Brood (a.) Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow..
Morose :: Morose (a.) Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts.
Eelfare :: Eelfare (n.) A brood of eels.
Nide :: Nide (n.) A nestful; a brood; as, a nide of pheasants..
Cover :: Cover (v. t.) To brood or sit on; to incubate.
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
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..
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..
Polygoneutic :: Polygoneutic (a.) Having two or more broods in a season.
Eye :: Eye (n.) A brood; as, an eye of pheasants..
Hatch :: Hatch (n.) The chickens produced at once or by one incubation; a brood.
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens..
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