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Noun brood has 1 sense
- brood - the young of an animal cared for at one time
--1 is a kind of animal group
--1 has particulars: clutch
Verb brood has 5 senses
- brood, dwell - think moodily or anxiously about something
--1 is one way to worry, care
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue brood over the results of the experiment
- brood, hover, loom, bulk large - hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"
--2 is one way to hang
Sample sentences:
Some big birds brood in the tree
There brood some big birds in the tree
- sulk, pout, brood - be in a huff and display one's displeasure; "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted"
Sample sentence:
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- grizzle, brood, stew - be in a huff; be silent or sullen
--4 is one way to sulk, pout, brood
Sample sentences:
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- brood, hatch, cover, incubate - sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs"
--5 is one way to reproduce, procreate, multiply
Sample sentence:
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