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Definition of Brood

1. Verb. Think moodily or anxiously about something. "Sam and Sue brood over the results of the experiment"

2. Noun. The young of an animal cared for at one time.

3. Verb. Hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing. "There brood some big birds in the tree"; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"

4. Verb. Be in a huff and display one's displeasure. "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted"

5. Verb. Be in a huff; be silent or sullen.

6. Verb. Sit on (eggs). "The female covers the eggs"

Definition of Brood

1. n. The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens.

2. a. Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.

3. 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.

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

Definition of Brood

1. Noun. The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother. ¹

2. Noun. The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time. ¹

3. Noun. The children in one family. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To keep an egg warm to make it hatch. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To protect. ¹

6. Verb. (intransitive) To dwell upon moodily and at length. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Brood

1. to ponder gloomily [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Brood

1. 1. The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chicken. "As a hen doth gather her brood under her wings." (Luke xiii. 34) "A hen followed by a brood of ducks." (Spectator) 2. 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. "The lion roars and gluts his tawny brood." (Wordsworth) 3. That which is bred or produced; breed; species. "Flocks of the airy brood, (Cranes, geese or long-necked swans)." (Chapman) 4. Heavy waste in tin and copper ores. To sit on brood, to ponder. Origin: OE. Brod, AS. Brod; akin to D. Broed, OHG. Bruot, G. Brut, and also to G. Bruhe broth, MHG. Brueje, and perh. To E. Brawn, breath. Cf. Breed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brood

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