Brood

n.	1.	The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens. As a hen doth gather her brood under her wings. - Luke xiii. 34. A hen followed by a brood of ducks. - Spectator.
	2.	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. The lion roars and gluts his tawny brood. - Wordsworth.
	3.	That which is bred or produced; breed; species. Flocks of the airy brood, (Cranes, geese or long-necked swans). - Chapman.
	4.	(Mining) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores. To sit on brood to ponder. - Shak.
a.	1.	Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.
	2.	Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow.
v. i.	1.	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. [imp. & p. p. Brooded; p. pr. & vb. n. Brooding.] Birds of calm sir brooding on the charmed wave. - Milton.
	2.	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. Brooding on unprofitable gold. - Dryden. Brooding over all these matters, the mother felt like one who has evoked a spirit. - Hawthorne. When with downcast eyes we muse and brood. - Tennyson.
v. t.	1.	To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens.
	2.	To cherish with care.
	3.	To think anxiously or moodily upon. You'll sit and brood your sorrows on a throne. - Dryden.

Noun	1.	brood - the young of an animal cared for at one time
Verb	1.	brood - think moodily or anxiously about something Synonyms: dwell
	2.	brood - hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long" Synonyms: bulk large, loom, hover
	3.	brood - be in a huff and display one's displeasure; "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted" Synonyms: pout, sulk
	4.	brood - be in a huff; be silent or sullen Synonyms: grizzle, stew
	5.	brood - sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs" Synonyms: incubate, hatch, cover

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