| Brood (brood) |
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| n. | (br***oomac]d) |
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| Brood |
[OE. brod, AS.
br d; akin to D. broed, OHG. bruot, G.
brut, and also to G. brühe broth, MHG.
brüeje, and perh. to E. brawn, breath. Cf.
Breed, |
The young
birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of
chickens.
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.
That which is bred or produced; breed;
species.
Heavy waste in tin and copper
ores.
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Sitting or
inclined to sit on eggs.
Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare;
brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow.
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| Brood (brood) |
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| v. i. | (brch) |
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| Brood |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Brooded] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Brooding.] |
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.
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.
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| Brood (brood) |
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| v. t. | (br***oomac]d) |
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| Brood |
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To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her
chickens.
To cherish with care.
To think anxiously or moodily upon.
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