brood

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  Worker brood and queen cells
• WordNet 3.6
  • v brood sit on (eggs) "Birds brood","The female covers the eggs"
  • v brood think moodily or anxiously about something
  • v brood be in a huff; be silent or sullen
  • v brood be in a huff and display one's displeasure "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted"
  • v brood hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"
  • n brood the young of an animal cared for at one time
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• • Brood (Mining) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
  • Brood Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow.
  • Brood Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.
  • Brood That which is bred or produced; breed; species. "Flocks of the airy brood ,Cranes, geese or long-necked swans)."
  • Brood 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."
  • Brood 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 ."
  • Brood To cherish with care.
  • Brood 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 ."
  • Brood 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."
  • Brood To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens.
  • Brood To think anxiously or moodily upon. "You'll sit and brood your sorrows on a throne."
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• • n brood Offspring; progeny.
  • n brood A hatch; the young birds hatched in one nest, or those placed together in the care of one hen, or in an artificial brooder: as, a brood of chickens or of ducks.
  • n brood That which is bred; species generated; that which is produced; hence, figuratively, sort or kind.
  • n brood In mining, any heterogeneous mixture with tin or copper ore, as mundic or black-jack.
  • n brood A north of Scotland name for salmon-fry.
  • n brood Synonyms Covey, etc. See flock.
  • brood To sit persistently on eggs, covering and warming them with the body and wings, for the purpose of hatching them: said of birds.
  • brood To rest fixedly like a brooding bird.
  • brood To meditate long and anxiously; remain a long time in anxiety or solicitous thought; have the mind dwelling persistently on a subject: with on or over.
  • brood To sit over, cover, and cherish: as, a hen broods her chicks; hence, to nourish.
  • brood To cherish with care.
  • brood To ponder over; plan or mature with care: as, “to brood war,”
  • brood An obsolete form of broad.
  • n brood Oyster spat in the second year of development.
  • brood To incubate: as, brooded eggs.
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• • v.t Brood brōōd to sit upon or cover in order to breed or hatch: to hatch: to cover, as with wings: to mature or foster with care: to meditate moodily upon
  • v.i Brood to sit as a hen on eggs: to hover over: to think anxiously for some time: to meditate silently (with on, over): to be bred
  • n Brood something bred: offspring, children, or family: a race, kind: parentage: the number hatched at once
  • adj Brood for breeding, as in brood-mare, &c
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• Edward Noyes Westcott

  

  “A reasonable amount o fleas is good for a dog -- keeps him from brooding over being a dog, maybe.”
• Uhland

  

  “Take everything easy and quit dreaming and brooding and you will be well guarded from a thousand evils.”
• Sri Swami Sivananda

  

  “Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.”
• Jeremy Taylor

  

  “He that loves not his wife and children feeds a lioness at home, and broods a nest of sorrows.”
• Eben Eugene Rexford

  

  “Don't brood. Get on with living and loving. You don't have forever.”
• (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Juvenal

  

  “Now we suffer the evils of a long peace; luxury more cruel than war broods over us and avenges a conquered world.”

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