brooding

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sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
persistently or morbidly thoughtful
Brooding is used to describe an atmosphere or feeling that makes you feel anxious or slightly afraid. The same heavy, brooding silence descended on them
the development of larvae within the gastrovascular cavity of an adult coral polyp
sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body persistently or morbidly thoughtful
present participle of brood
Caring for young
If someone's expression or appearance is brooding, they look as if they are thinking deeply and seriously about something, especially something that is making them unhappy. She kissed him and gazed into his dark, brooding eyes
Describes the impression of a dense wine that may be slightly closed in aroma, or a big mouthfeel that may be a bit dumb at presenteither or both the nose and mouth of a wine that gives
persistent morbid meditation on a problem
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To protect

Under the rock was a midshipman fish, brooding a mass of eggs.

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The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time
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The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother
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{v} to situpon eggs, sit over, hatch, muse
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That which is bred or produced; breed; species
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To keep an egg warm to make it hatch
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Individual insects that hatch from the same mother at approximately the same time
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To sit on and keep eggs and the young birds warm
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be in a huff; be silent or sullen
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Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs
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Generally used to refer to offspring of birds or insects of approximately the same age arising from a single species of animal
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the young of an animal cared for at one time sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs" think moodily or anxiously about something hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long
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hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"
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be in a huff and display one's displeasure; "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted"
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A brood is a group of baby birds that were born at the same time to the same mother
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The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time and cared for by the same mother
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the young of an animal cared for at one time
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If someone broods over something, they think about it a lot, seriously and often unhappily. She constantly broods about her family I continued to brood. Would he always be like this?
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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
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think moodily or anxiously about something hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long
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The children in one family
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To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens
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The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens
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sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs"
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think moodily or anxiously about something
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the number of birds hatched from a single clutch of eggs; to incubate eggs or provide body warmth and protection for young
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{i} clutch, hatch, group of young born or hatched at the same time (especially of birds); family, children; group of related objects
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{s} kept for breeding
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A single generation of butterflies, all of which fly during the same time period
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Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow
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the young of an animal cared for at one time sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs"
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(1) All of the offspring that hatch from a single clutch of eggs (2) To incubate eggs
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{f} hatch, incubate; muse, reflect, think; sulk
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emphasis You can refer to someone's young children as their brood when you want to emphasize that there are a lot of them. a large brood of children
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To dwell upon moodily and at length
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To cherish with care
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Heavy waste in tin and copper ores
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To think anxiously or moodily upon
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the immature members of the colony including eggs, larvae and pupae
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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
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What comes out of an egg
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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
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