Brood - Definition, Synonym, Meaning, Spelling, Information on Brood


the young of animals or of birds, hatched or reared at the same time or from the same dam. See also aerie, breed, fry.

Brigade
Briggandage
Brood
Brotherhood
Brow

Examples: brood of birds; of blackgame; of smallboats; of chess players [modern pun on to broodLipton]; of chicken; of daughters; of ducks; of eels; of eagles; of eggs; of folly; of game; of grouse; of guilty wishes; of hawks; of heath fowl; of hens; of kittens; of lies; of oysters [in second year]; of petty despots; of poisons; of presbyterians; of salmon; of serpents; of silkworms; of time.