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brooding definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb brood Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb brood Entailment of verb brood 2 of 5 senses of brood Sense 3 sulk, pout, brood => resent Sense 5 brood, hatch, cover, incubate => sit down sit Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb brood 5 senses of brood Sense 1 brood, worry, dwell => chew over think over meditate, ponder, excogotate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over ruminate, speculate Sense 2 brood, hover, loom, bulk large => hang Sense 3 sulk, pout, brood Sense 4 sulk, grizzle, brood, stew => be Sense 5 brood, hatch, cover, incubate => reproduce, procreate, multiply Familiarity of verb brood brood used as a verb is common (polysemy count = 5) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb brood Sense 1 brood, worry, dwell => chew over think over meditate, ponder, excogotate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over ruminate, speculate -------------- Sense 2 brood, hover, loom, bulk large => hang -------------- Sense 3 sulk, pout, brood -------------- Sense 4 sulk, grizzle, brood, stew => be -------------- Sense 5 brood, hatch, cover, incubate => reproduce, procreate, multiply -------------- Grep of noun brooding brooding Overview of noun brooding The noun brooding has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (1) brooding, incubation -- (sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body) 2. (1) pensiveness, brooding -- (persistent morbid meditation on a problem) Overview of verb brood The verb brood has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (5) brood, worry, dwell -- (think moodily or anxiously about something) 2. (1) brood, hover, loom, bulk large -- (hang over as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long") 3. sulk, pout, brood -- (be in a huff) 4. sulk, grizzle, brood, stew -- (be in a huff; be silent or sullen) 5. brood, hatch, cover, incubate -- (sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs") Overview of adj brooding The adj brooding has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (3) brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative -- (persistently or morbidly thoughtful) 2. brood, brooding, hatching -- (good at incubating eggs especially a fowl kept for that purpose; "a brood hen") Antonyms of adj brooding 2 senses of brooding Sense 1 brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative INDIRECT (VIA thoughtful) -> thoughtless Sense 2 brood, brooding, hatching INDIRECT (VIA viviparous, oviparous) -> ovoviviparous INDIRECT (VIA oviparous, ovoviviparous) -> viviparous Similarity of adj brooding 2 senses of brooding Sense 1 brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative => thoughtful (vs. thoughtless) Sense 2 brood, brooding, hatching => oviparous (vs. ovoviviparous) (vs. viviparous) Attributes of adj brooding Familiarity of adj brooding brooding used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj brooding brooding Overview of noun brooding The noun brooding has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (1) brooding, incubation -- (sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body) 2. (1) pensiveness, brooding -- (persistent morbid meditation on a problem) Overview of verb brood The verb brood has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (5) brood, worry, dwell -- (think moodily or anxiously about something) 2. (1) brood, hover, loom, bulk large -- (hang over as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long") 3. sulk, pout, brood -- (be in a huff) 4. sulk, grizzle, brood, stew -- (be in a huff; be silent or sullen) 5. brood, hatch, cover, incubate -- (sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs") Overview of adj brooding The adj brooding has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (3) brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative -- (persistently or morbidly thoughtful) 2. brood, brooding, hatching -- (good at incubating eggs especially a fowl kept for that purpose; "a brood hen")
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