brooding
/ˈbɹuːdɪŋ/ · verb
Meaning
- To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.
- 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.
- A spell of brooding; the time when someone broods.
- (of a bird) Broody; incubating eggs by sitting on them.
- Deeply or seriously thoughtful.
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