brood
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(verb) sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs" |
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Synonyms: cover, hatch, incubate |
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Related Words: multiply, procreate, reproduce |
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| 2. |
(verb) think moodily or anxiously about something |
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Synonyms: dwell, worry |
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Related Words: chew over, contemplate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate, think over |
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(verb) hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long" |
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Synonyms: bulk large, hover, loom |
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Related Words: hang |
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| 4. |
(satellite adjective) good at incubating eggs especially a fowl kept for that purpose; "a brood hen" |
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Synonyms: brooding, hatching |
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(noun) the young of an animal cared for at one time |
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Related Words: animal group, clutch |
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(verb) be in a huff; be silent or sullen |
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Synonyms: grizzle, stew, sulk |
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Related Words: be |
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(verb) be in a huff |
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Synonyms: pout, sulk |
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