Definition of brood

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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..

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Cove :: Cove (v. t.) To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs..
Covey :: Covey (v. i.) To brood; to incubate.
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..
Breed :: Breed (n.) A number produced at once; a brood.
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..
Eye :: Eye (n.) A brood; as, an eye of pheasants..
Brooded :: Brooded (imp. & p. p.) of Broo.
Brooding :: Brooding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Broo.
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..
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..
Abrood :: Abrood (adv.) In the act of brooding.
Team :: Team (n.) A group of young animals, especially of young ducks; a brood; a litter..
Monogoneutic :: Monogoneutic (a.) Having but one brood in a season.
Cover :: Cover (v. t.) To brood or sit on; to incubate.
Nide :: Nide (n.) A nestful; a brood; as, a nide of pheasants..
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..
Brood :: Brood (a.) Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.
Morose :: Morose (a.) Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts.
Polygoneutic :: Polygoneutic (a.) Having two or more broods in a season.
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