Definition of brood

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

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Chaw :: Chaw (v. t.) To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over.
Nide :: Nide (n.) A nestful; a brood; as, a nide of pheasants..
Cove :: Cove (v. t.) To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs..
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..
Brooding :: Brooding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Broo.
Morose :: Morose (a.) Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts.
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..
Covey :: Covey (v. i.) To brood; to incubate.
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens..
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..
Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate..
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..
Cluck :: Cluck (v. i.) To make the noise, or utter the call, of a brooding hen..
Polygoneutic :: Polygoneutic (a.) Having two or more broods in a season.
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..
Cover :: Cover (v. t.) To brood or sit on; to incubate.
Eelfare :: Eelfare (n.) A brood of eels.
Nye :: Nye (n.) A brood or flock of pheasants.
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) To cherish with care.
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