To protect (something that is gradually maturing); to foster.
(typically with about or over) To dwell upon moodily and at length, mainly alone.
To be bred.
To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.
Kept or reared for breeding.
Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
Parentage.
The children in one family; offspring.
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 young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated.
To seal a lodge against intrusions from unauthorised people.
To arrange in a regular pattern, with adjoining edges (applied to tile-like objects, graphics, windows in a computer interface).
To optimize (a loop in program code) by means of the tiling technique.
To cover with tiles.
Any of various flat cuboid playing pieces used in certain games, such as dominoes, Scrabble, or mahjong.
A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile, etc.
A rectangular graphic.