 brooding |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] persistently or morbidly thoughtful | |
| Synonyms: | reflective meditative contemplative pensive ruminative musing pondering broody | |
| Related terms: | thoughtful | |
| 2. | [ noun ] persistent morbid meditation on a problem | |
| Synonyms: | pensiveness | |
| Related terms: | melancholy | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (biology) sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body | |
| Synonyms: | incubation | |
| Related terms: | parturition brood | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] good at incubating eggs especially a fowl kept for that purpose | |
| Synonyms: | hatching brood | |
| Examples: | "a brood hen" |
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| Related terms: | oviparous | |
| Similar spelling: |
Brodin breeding braiding broadening broaden bridoon Broadnax brood_hen broadness Broten broadnosed broody_hen Brittingham Britain breathing borodin |
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