Brood

·vt To cherish with care.

II. Brood ·adj Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.

III. Brood ·vt To think anxiously or moodily upon.

IV. Brood ·vt Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.

V. Brood ·vt That which is bred or produced; breed; species.

VI. Brood ·vt To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens.

VII. Brood ·vt The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens.

VIII. Brood ·adj Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow.

IX. Brood ·vi 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.

X. Brood ·vt 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.

XI. Brood ·vi 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.