Definition of brood

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Brood (v. t.) To think anxiously or moodily upon.

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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..
Nye :: Nye (n.) A brood or flock of pheasants.
Polygoneutic :: Polygoneutic (a.) Having two or more broods in a season.
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.) 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..
Morose :: Morose (a.) Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts.
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
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..
Monogoneutic :: Monogoneutic (a.) Having but one brood in a season.
Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate..
Chaw :: Chaw (v. t.) To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over.
Abrood :: Abrood (adv.) In the act of brooding.
Covey :: Covey (v. i.) To brood; to incubate.
Cove :: Cove (v. t.) To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs..
Breed :: Breed (n.) A number produced at once; a brood.
Brooded :: Brooded (imp. & p. p.) of Broo.
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) To cherish with care.
Cluck :: Cluck (v. i.) To make the noise, or utter the call, of a brooding hen..
Brood :: Brood (a.) Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow..
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