3. (v.t.)brood to sit upon (eggs) to hatch, as a bird; incubate.
4. brood (of a bird) to warm, protect, or cover (young) with the wings or body.
5. brood to think or worry persistently or moodily about; ponder: to brood a problem.
6. (v.i.)brood to sit upon eggs to be hatched, as a bird.
7. brood to dwell on a subject or to meditate with morbid persistence (usu. fol. by over or on).
8. (adj.)brood kept for breeding: a brood hen.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME; OE brōd; c. MD broet, OHG bruot; akin to breed)
Definition of 'Brood'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (verb)brood the young of an animal cared for at one time
2. (verb)brood, dwell think moodily or anxiously about something
3. (verb)brood, hover, loom, bulk large hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"
4. (verb)sulk, pout, brood be in a huff and display one's displeasure "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted"
5. (verb)grizzle, brood, stew be in a huff; be silent or sullen
6. (verb)brood, hatch, cover, incubate sit on (eggs) "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs"
Definition of 'Brood'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)Brood sitting or inclined to sit on eggs
2. (adj)Brood kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow
3. (verb)Brood the young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens
4. (verb)Brood 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
5. (verb)Brood that which is bred or produced; breed; species
6. (verb)Brood heavy waste in tin and copper ores
7. (verb)Brood 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. (verb)Brood 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. (verb)Brood to sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens
10. (verb)Brood to cherish with care
11. (verb)Brood to think anxiously or moodily upon
Definitions of Brood 
Afrikaans: broei
Arabic: تَرْخُمُ ، تَحْضِنُ (الدّ
Bulgarian: мътя
Brazilian: chocar
Czech: sedět na vejcích
German: brüten
Danish: ruge
Greek: κλωσώ
Spanish: empollar
Estonian: hauduma
Farsi: روی تخم خوابیدن
Finnish: hautoa
French: couver
Hebrew: לִדגוֹר
Hindi: अंडे सेना
Croatian: sjediti na jajima
Hungarian: költ
Indonesian: mengeram
Italian: covare
Japanese: 卵を抱く
Korean: 알을 품다
Lithuanian: perėti
Latvian: perēt
Malay: mengeram
Dutch: broeden
Norwegian: ruge
Polish: wysiadywać
Persian: روی تخم خوابیدن
Pashto: د هګیو پرمخ ویده کیدل
Portuguese: chocar
Romanian: a cloci
Russian: высиживать
Slovak: sedieť na vajciach
Slovenian: valiti
Serbian: ležati na jajima
Swedish: ruva
Thai: กกไข่
Turkish: kuluçkaya yatmak
Taiwanese: 孵蛋
Ukrainian: висиджувати
Urdu: انڈوں پر بیٹھنا
Vietnamese: ấp trứng
Chinese: 孵蛋
