Definition of brood

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Brood (v. t.) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.

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Broody :: Broody (a.) Inclined to brood.
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. 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..
Covey :: Covey (v. i.) To brood; to incubate.
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens..
Cove :: Cove (v. t.) To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs..
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
Team :: Team (n.) A group of young animals, especially of young ducks; a brood; a litter..
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..
Nye :: Nye (n.) A brood or flock of pheasants.
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..
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..
Clucking :: Clucking (n.) The noise or call of a brooding hen.
Chaw :: Chaw (v. t.) To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over.
Sitting :: Sitting (n.) A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls..
Eelfare :: Eelfare (n.) A brood of eels.
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..
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..
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