Definition of brood
(Entry 1 of 3)
1 : the young of an animal or a family of young especially : the young (as of a bird or insect) hatched or cared for at one time a hen with her brood of chicks
2 : a group having a common nature or origin
the entire brood of chronicle plays— T. S. Eliot
3 : the children of a family
takes their brood to church every Sunday
brood
adjectiveDefinition of brood (Entry 2 of 3)
: kept for breeding (see breed entry 1 sense 3)
a brood flock
brood
verbbrooded; brooding; broods
Definition of brood (Entry 3 of 3)
2 of a bird : to cover (young) with the wings
3 : to think anxiously or gloomily about : ponder I used to brood these things on my walk— Christopher Morley
1a of a bird : to brood eggs or young
b : to sit quietly and thoughtfully : meditate
3a : to dwell gloomily on a subject
brooded over his mistake
b : to be in a state of depression
sat brooding in her room
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The first known use of brood was before the 12th century
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