Definition of brood

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Brood (a.) Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.

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Clucking :: Clucking (n.) The noise or call of a brooding hen.
Abrood :: Abrood (adv.) In the act of brooding.
Breed :: Breed (n.) A number produced at once; a 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..
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
Brood :: Brood (a.) Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.
Morose :: Morose (a.) Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts.
Monogoneutic :: Monogoneutic (a.) Having but one brood in a season.
Covey :: Covey (v. i.) To brood; 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..
Brooding :: Brooding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Broo.
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..
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of 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.
Polygoneutic :: Polygoneutic (a.) Having two or more broods in a season.
Eelfare :: Eelfare (n.) A brood of eels.
Chaw :: Chaw (v. t.) To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over.
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens..
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