brood

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

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