brood
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
Definition categories: stative, hang
3. be in a huff and display one's displeasure
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.