noun. The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds hatched at one time and cared for together.

noun. The children in one family.

intransitive verb. undefined

intransitive verb. To focus the attention on a subject persistently and moodily; worry.

intransitive verb. To be depressed.

intransitive verb. undefined

intransitive verb. To sit on or hatch eggs.

intransitive verb. To protect developing eggs or young.

intransitive verb. To hover envelopingly; hang.

intransitive verb. To think about (something) persistently or moodily.

intransitive verb. undefined

intransitive verb. To sit on or hatch (eggs).

intransitive verb. To protect (developing eggs or young).

adjective. Kept for breeding.

An obsolete form of broad.

noun. Oyster spat in the second year of development.

To sit persistently on eggs, covering and warming them with the body and wings, for the purpose of hatching them: said of birds.

To rest fixedly like a brooding bird.

To meditate long and anxiously; remain a long time in anxiety or solicitous thought; have the mind dwelling persistently on a subject: with on or over.

To sit over, cover, and cherish: as, a hen broods her chicks; hence, to nourish.

To cherish with care.

To ponder over; plan or mature with care: as, “to brood war,”

To incubate: as, brooded eggs.

noun. Offspring; progeny.

noun. A hatch; the young birds hatched in one nest, or those placed together in the care of one hen, or in an artificial brooder: as, a brood of chickens or of ducks.

noun. That which is bred; species generated; that which is produced; hence, figuratively, sort or kind.

noun. In mining, any heterogeneous mixture with tin or copper ore, as mundic or black-jack.

noun. A north of Scotland name for salmon-fry.

noun. Synonyms Covey, etc. See flock.

adjective. Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.

adjective. Kept for breeding from; ; having young.

transitive verb. To sit over, cover, and cherish.

transitive verb. To cherish with care.

transitive verb. To think anxiously or moodily upon.

intransitive verb. 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.

intransitive verb. 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.

noun. The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch.

noun. 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.

noun. That which is bred or produced; breed; species.

noun. Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.

noun. to ponder.

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

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

noun. The eggs and larvae of social insects such as bees, ants and some wasps, especially when gathered together in special brood chambers or combs within the colony.

noun. The children in one family.

verb. To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.

verb. To protect.

verb. To dwell upon moodily and at length.

verb. hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing

verb. think moodily or anxiously about something

"Now can you tell me about a third child? hahaha I want three, hubby wants only two, but I keep trying to tell him no one even notices the third because adding to a brood is a thousand times easier than going from 0 to 1."

ants' brood  breed  foul brood  offspring  race  

brooded  brooding  

care  multiply  pout  procreate  reproduce  

grizzle  stew  

Abood  Jude  Likud  Mahmood  Mahmoud  

breed  claw  creature  dread  flock  

agonize  animal kingdom  be abstracted  be gravid  be knocked up  

brooded  brooding  broods