Definition of brood

adjective (a)

• Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs. (adjective)

  source: webster1913

noun (n)

• the young of an animal cared for at one time (noun.group)

  source: wordnet30
• The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• think moodily or anxiously about something (verb.cognition)

  Synonym: dwell
  

  source: wordnet30
• hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing (verb.stative)

  Synonym: bulk large, hover, loom
  

  Example:
  The terrible vision brooded over her all day long.
  

  source: wordnet30
• be in a huff and display one's displeasure (verb.stative)

  Synonym: pout, sulk
  

  source: wordnet30
• be in a huff; be silent or sullen (verb.emotion)

  Synonym: grizzle, stew
  

  source: wordnet30
• sit on (eggs) (verb.body)

  Synonym: cover, hatch, incubate
  

  Example:
  Birds brood.
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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