Brood vs. Incubate

The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.

(uncountable) The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time.

The eggs and larvae of social insects such as bees, ants and some wasps, especially when gathered together in special brood chambers or combs within the colony.

The children in one family; offspring.

That which is bred or produced; breed; species.

Parentage.

(mining) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.

Kept or reared for breeding, said of animals.

Example: ‘brood ducks’; ‘a brood mare’;

(transitive) To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.

Example: ‘In some species of birds, both the mother and father brood the eggs.’;

(transitive) To protect (something that is gradually maturing); to foster.

Example: ‘Under the rock was a midshipman fish, brooding a mass of eggs.’;

(intransitive) (typically with about or over) To dwell upon moodily and at length, mainly alone.

(intransitive) To be bred.

The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens.

Example: ‘As a hen doth gather her brood under her wings.’; ‘A hen followed by a brood of ducks.’;

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.

Example: ‘The lion roars and gluts his tawny brood.’;

That which is bred or produced; breed; species.

Example: ‘Flocks of the airy brood,(Cranes, geese or long-necked swans).’;

Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.

Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.

Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow.

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.

Example: ‘Birds of calm sir brooding on the charmed wave.’;

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.

Example: ‘Brooding on unprofitable gold.’; ‘Brooding over all these matters, the mother felt like one who has evoked a spirit.’; ‘When with downcast eyes we muse and brood.’;

To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens.

To cherish with care.

To think anxiously or moodily upon.

Example: ‘You'll sit and brood your sorrows on a throne.’;

the young of an animal cared for at one time

think moodily or anxiously about something

hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing;

Example: ‘The terrible vision brooded over her all day long’;

be in a huff and display one's displeasure;

Example: ‘She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted’;

be in a huff; be silent or sullen

sit on (eggs);

Example: ‘Birds brood’; ‘The female covers the eggs’;

(transitive) To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions.

(transitive) To incubate metaphorically; to ponder an idea slowly and deliberately as if in preparation for hatching it.

To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon, or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching.

To maintain (a living organism, such as microorganisms or a premature baby) under appropriate conditions, such as of temperature, humidity, or atmospheric composition, for growth; as, coliform bacteria grow best when incubated at 37° C..

To develop gradually in some interior environment, until fully formed; as, the ideas for his book were incubating for two years before he began to write.

develop under favorable conditions, such as germs and bacteria

sit on (eggs);

Example: ‘Birds brood’; ‘The female covers the eggs’;

(of a bird) sit on (eggs) in order to keep them warm and bring them to hatching.

(in a laboratory or other controlled situation) keep (eggs, bacteria, embryos, etc.) at a suitable temperature so that they develop

Example: ‘the samples were incubated at 80°C for 3 minutes’;

give support and aid the development of (a new small business).

be developing an infectious disease before symptoms appear

Example: ‘the possibility that she was incubating early syphilis’;

develop slowly without outward or perceptible signs

Example: ‘the BSE bug incubates for around three years’;