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- Dictionarybrood/bro͞od/
noun
- 1. a family of young animals, especially of a bird, produced at one hatching or birth: "a brood of chicks" Similar
verb
- 1. think deeply about something that makes one unhappy: "he brooded over his need to find a wife" Similar
- 2. (of a bird) sit on (eggs) to hatch them: "the male pheasant-tailed jacana takes over once the eggs are laid and broods them" Similar
adjective
- 1. (of an animal) kept to be used for breeding: "a brood mare"
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