Definition of brood

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

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Brooding :: Brooding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Broo.
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..
Cover :: Cover (v. t.) To brood or sit on; to incubate.
Monogoneutic :: Monogoneutic (a.) Having but one brood in a season.
Broody :: Broody (a.) Inclined to brood.
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..
Nye :: Nye (n.) A brood or flock 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..
Morose :: Morose (a.) Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts.
Eelfare :: Eelfare (n.) A brood of eels.
Eye :: Eye (n.) A brood; as, an eye of pheasants..
Covey :: Covey (v. i.) To brood; to incubate.
Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate..
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..
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..
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..
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens..
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..
Brooded :: Brooded (imp. & p. p.) of Broo.
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