n :  the young of an animal or a family of young : esp  :  the young (as of a bird or insect) hatched or cared for at one time
, vt 1 a  :  to sit on or incubate (eggs)  b  :  to produce by or as if by incubation  2  :  to think anxiously or gloomily about vi  1  of a bird  :  to brood eggs or young  2 a  :  to dwell gloomily on a subject  b  :  to be in a state of depression .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  ba·ry·ta  beard  bi·uret  board 
 
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