brood /brood/

1. Something bred
2. Offspring, children, or family
3. The number hatched, produced or cherished at once
4. The condition of breeding or brooding
5. A race, kind, breed
6. Parentage, extraction (archaic)

For breeding (as in brood mare, etc)

1. To sit on or cover in order to breed or hatch
2. To hatch
3. To cover, eg with wings
4. To cherish with care
5. To meditate moodily on

1. To sit as a hen on eggs
2. To hang envelopingly (over)
3. To think anxiously for some time
4. To meditate silently (with on or over)

broodˈer noun

1. A person or animal that broods
2. A heated building or enclosure for rearing young chicks

broodˈily adverb

broodˈiness noun

1. Thinking anxiously or resentfully
2. Threatening, oppressive

broodˈing adjective

broodˈingly adverb

broodˈy adjective

1. (of a hen) inclined to sit or incubate
2. (of a woman) wanting to have a baby (informal)
3. Prolific, fertile (obsolete)
4. Apt to brood, sullen, moody

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