How do you spell Brooded
Available Definitions:
1) v. t. - The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens.
2) v. t. - 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.
3) v. t. - That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
4) v. t. - Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
5) a. - Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.
6) a. - Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow.
7) v. i. - 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.
8) v. i. - 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.
9) v. t. - To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens.
10) v. t. - To cherish with care.
11) v. t. - To think anxiously or moodily upon.
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