Brood ¹

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

Brood ²

Definition: 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 ³

Definition: That which is bred or produced; breed; species.

Brood ⁴

Definition: Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.

Brood ⁵

Definition: Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.

Brood ⁶

Definition: Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow.

Brood ⁷

Definition: 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 ⁸

Definition: 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 ⁹

Definition: To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens.

Brood ¹⁰

Definition: To cherish with care.

Brood ¹¹

Definition: To think anxiously or moodily upon.

brood ¹²

Definition: the young of an animal cared for at one time

brood ¹³

Definition: sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs"

brood ¹⁴

Definition: think moodily or anxiously about something

brood ¹⁵

Definition: be in a huff; be silent or sullen

brood ¹⁶

Definition: be in a huff and display one''s displeasure; "She is pouting because she didn''t get what she wanted"

brood ¹⁷

Definition: hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"