broodnoun/bɹuːd/

• 1

  The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.

  • As a hen doth gather her brood under her wings.
• 2

  The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time.

• 3

  The eggs and larvae of social insects such as bees, ants and some wasps, especially when gathered together in special brood chambers or combs within the colony.

• 4

  The children in one family; offspring.

  • Ay, lord, she will become thy bed, I warrant, / And bring thee forth brave brood.
  • Garland Green, the tenth in a brood of eleven, was born on June 24, 1942, in Dunleath, Mississippi.
• 5

  That which is bred or produced; breed; species.

  • […] flocks of the airy brood, Cranes, geese or long-neck'd swans, here, there, proud of their pinions fly […]
  • Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws, And make the earth devour her own sweet brood […]
• 6

  Parentage.

• 7

  businessminingHeavy waste in tin and copper ores.

• 8

  A large number or crowd of people, animals, or objects.

broodadj/bɹuːd/

• 1

  Kept or reared for breeding.

  • brood ducks
  • a brood mare

broodverb/bɹuːd/

• 1

  To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.

  • In some species of birds, both the mother and father brood the eggs.
• 2

  To protect (something that is gradually maturing); to foster.

  • Under the rock was a midshipman fish, brooding a mass of eggs.
• 3

  (typically with over, on or about) To dwell upon one's thoughts moodily and at length, mainly alone.

  • He sat brooding over the upcoming battle, fearing the outcome.
  • As when with downcast eyes we muse and brood
• 4

  To be bred.