Words Like BROOD
    
   We have put together a list of words that are similar to BROOD.
    
    
    
        
            18 Alternative Words Similar to brood
   
            
               
            
            
        
       
    
    
        7 examples of brood
           
        
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        a brood of chickens
    
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        a woman with a brood of children
    
    3
    
        a brood mare; brood stock
    
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        a brood sow
    
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        to brood over misfortunes
    
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        a hen broods her chickens
    
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        The female covers the eggs
    
       
    
    
        10 definitions of brood
           
        
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        The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch.
    
    
    
 
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        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.
    
    
    
 
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        That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
    
    
    
 
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        Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
    
    
    
 
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        Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.
    
    
    
 
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        Kept for breeding from; ; having young.
    
    
    
 
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        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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        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.
    
    
    
 
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        To sit over, cover, and cherish.