Definition of brood

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

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Covey :: Covey (v. i.) To brood; to incubate.
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens..
Eelfare :: Eelfare (n.) A brood of eels.
Brood :: Brood (a.) Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow..
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..
Hatch :: Hatch (n.) The chickens produced at once or by one incubation; a brood.
Clucking :: Clucking (n.) The noise or call of a brooding hen.
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens..
Team :: Team (n.) A group of young animals, especially of young ducks; a brood; a litter..
Eye :: Eye (n.) A brood; as, an eye of pheasants..
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..
Nye :: Nye (n.) A brood or flock of pheasants.
Nide :: Nide (n.) A nestful; a brood; as, a nide of pheasants..
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..
Abrood :: Abrood (adv.) In the act of brooding.
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..
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.
Monogoneutic :: Monogoneutic (a.) Having but one brood in a season.
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