Brood /(bro͡od)/

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.

   A hen followed by a brood of ducks.

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.

3. That which is bred or produced; breed; species.

   Flocks of the airy brood, (Cranes, geese or long-necked swans).

4. Heavy waste in tin and copper ores. (Mining)

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.

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.

   Birds of calm sir brooding on the charmed wave.

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.

   Brooding over all these matters, the mother felt like one who has evoked a spirit.

   When with downcast eyes we muse and brood.

1. To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens.
2. To cherish with care. [R.]
3. To think anxiously or moodily upon.

   You'll sit and brood your sorrows on a throne.