Definition of brood

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Brood (v. t.) To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens..

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Brood :: Brood (v. t.) That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
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..
Clucking :: Clucking (n.) The noise or call of a brooding hen.
Abrood :: Abrood (adv.) In the act of brooding.
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..
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..
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..
Cove :: Cove (v. t.) To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs..
Chaw :: Chaw (v. t.) To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over.
Monogoneutic :: Monogoneutic (a.) Having but one brood in a season.
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) To cherish with care.
Team :: Team (n.) A group of young animals, especially of young ducks; a brood; a litter..
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) To think anxiously or moodily upon.
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens..
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..
Hatch :: Hatch (n.) The chickens produced at once or by one incubation; a brood.
Eye :: Eye (n.) A brood; as, an eye of pheasants..
Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate..
Nye :: Nye (n.) A brood or flock of pheasants.
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