brood
- Noun. The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
- Noun. (uncountable) The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time.
- Noun. The children in one family.
- Verb. (transitive) To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.
- Verb. (transitive) To protect.
- Verb. (intransitive) To dwell upon moodily and at length.
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