BROOD

I. noun see: barm Date: before 12th century the young of an animal or a family of young, a group having a common nature or origin, the children of a family, II. adjective Date: 15th century kept for breeding , III. verb Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to sit on or incubate (eggs), to produce by or as if by incubation ; hatch , to cover (young) with the wings, to think anxiously or gloomily about ; ponder , intransitive verb 1. to ~ eggs or young, to sit quietly and thoughtfully ; meditate , hover , loom , 3. to dwell gloomily on a subject, to be in a state of depression, ~ingly adverb