brood

(noun, verb)

noun

1. the young of an animal cared for at one time

Definition categories: group

verb

1. think moodily or anxiously about something

Similar word(s): dwell

Definition categories: cognition, care, worry

2. hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing

- The terrible vision brooded over her all day long

Similar word(s): hover, loom

Definition categories: stative, hang

3. be in a huff and display one's displeasure

Similar word(s): pout, sulk

Definition categories: stative

4. be in a huff; be silent or sullen

Similar word(s): grizzle, stew

Definition categories: emotion, brood, pout, sulk

5. sit on (eggs)

- Birds brood

Similar word(s): cover, hatch, incubate

Definition categories: body, multiply, procreate, reproduce

Sentences with brood as a verb:

- In some species of birds, both the mother and father brood the eggs.

- Under the rock was a midshipman fish, brooding a mass of eggs.

- He sat brooding about the upcoming battle, fearing the outcome.