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Definition of brood
- 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
- be in a huff; be silent or sullen
- be in a huff and display one''s displeasure; "She is pouting because she didn''t get what she wanted"
- hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"
See Also: dwell on, linger over
Hyponyms: clutch, grizzle, stew
Grouped Verbs: breed, cover, hatch
Entailments: sit down, sit, resent
Derivational Morphology: hatch, cover, incubate, brooding, incubation, incubator, brooder, hatching, fret, stew, sweat, lather, swither, sourpuss, picklepuss, gloomy Gus, pouter, sulk, sulkiness
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