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a.
Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts.
v. t.
To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens.
imp. & p. p.
of Brood
n.
A kind of mental unsoundness characterized by extreme depression of spirits, ill-grounded fears, delusions, and brooding over one particular subject or train of ideas.
n.
A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process.
a.
Especially, pertaining to, or derived from, one's own consciousness, in distinction from external observation; ralating to the mind, or intellectual world, in distinction from the outward or material excessively occupied with, or brooding over, one's own internal states.
a.
Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow.
n.
A brood or flock of pheasants.
v. t.
To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.
v. i.
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.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Brood
n.
A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls.
n.
A nestful; a brood; as, a nide of pheasants.
a.
Inclined to brood.
v. t.
The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens.
v. t.
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.
a.
Having but one brood in a season.
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Having two or more broods in a season.
n.
A group of young animals, especially of young ducks; a brood; a litter.
v. i.
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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