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Definitions of brood
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. ²
v. t. - That which is bred or produced; breed; species. ²
v. t. - Heavy waste in tin and copper ores. ²
a. - Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs. ²
a. - Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow. ²
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. ²
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. ²
v. t. - To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens. ²
v. t. - To cherish with care. ²
v. t. - To think anxiously or moodily upon. ²

The word "brood" uses 5 letters: B D O O R.

Direct anagrams of brood:
  dobro

Words formed by adding one letter before or after brood (in bold), or to bdoor in any order:
s -   broods   dobros   y -   broody  

Shorter words found within brood:
bo   bod   boo   boor   bro   broo   do   door   dor   od   odor   or   orb   ordo   rob   rod   rood  

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