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