Definition of brood

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Brood (v. t.) That which is bred or produced; breed; species.

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Brood :: Brood (v. t.) The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens..
Brooding :: Brooding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Broo.
Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate..
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) To cherish with care.
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..
Abrood :: Abrood (adv.) In the act of brooding.
Eye :: Eye (n.) A brood; as, an eye of pheasants..
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..
Cluck :: Cluck (v. i.) To make the noise, or utter the call, of a brooding hen..
Chaw :: Chaw (v. t.) To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over.
Cove :: Cove (v. t.) To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs..
Cover :: Cover (v. t.) To brood or sit on; to incubate.
Morose :: Morose (a.) Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts.
Nye :: Nye (n.) A brood or flock of pheasants.
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..
Clucking :: Clucking (n.) The noise or call of a brooding hen.
Brood :: Brood (a.) Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.
Broody :: Broody (a.) Inclined to brood.
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