brood about something

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• Brood — may refer to:* Brood, a collective term for offspring * Brooding, the incubation of bird eggs by their parents * Brood (honeybee), the young of a beehive * Brood : to think deeply about something, often in a dark or melancholy manner. * The Brood …   Wikipedia

• brood — [bro͞od] n. [ME & OE brod, akin to Ger brut, a hatching: for IE base see BREATH] 1. the offspring, or a family of offspring, of animals; esp., a group of birds or fowl hatched at one time and cared for together 2. all the children in a family 3.… …   English World dictionary

• brood — brood1 [bru:d] v 1.) to keep thinking about something that you are worried or upset about ▪ Don t sit at home brooding all day. brood over/about/on ▪ There s no point brooding over it she s gone. 2.) if a bird broods, it sits on its eggs to make… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• brood — I UK [bruːd] / US [brud] verb [intransitive] Word forms brood : present tense I/you/we/they brood he/she/it broods present participle brooding past tense brooded past participle brooded 1) to think and worry about something a lot brood about/over …   English dictionary

• brood — brood1 [ brud ] verb intransitive 1. ) to think and worry about something a lot: brood about/over: Don t sit and brood over it for weeks. 2. ) if a bird broods, it sits on its eggs until the young birds are born brood brood 2 [ brud ] noun count… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• brood — 1 verb (I) 1 to keep thinking for a long time about something that you are worried, angry, or upset about: After the argument Simon sat in his room, brooding. (+ over/about/on): There s no point brooding over it she s gone. 2 if a bird broods, it …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• brood — noun 1》 a family of young animals, especially birds, produced at one hatching or birth. 2》 bee or wasp larvae. verb 1》 think deeply about something that makes one unhappy. 2》 [as adjective brooding] appearing darkly menacing. 3》 (of a bird) sit… …   English new terms dictionary

• brood — [bruːd] verb [I] I to think and worry about something a lot II noun [C] brood [bruːd] a group of young birds that are born at the same time to the same mother …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• brood — [[t]bru͟ːd[/t]] broods, brooding, brooded 1) N COUNT: usu with supp A brood is a group of baby birds that were born at the same time to the same mother. 2) N COUNT: usu sing (emphasis) You can refer to someone s young children as their brood when …   English dictionary

• chew something over — MEDITATE ON, ruminate on, think about/over/through, mull over, consider, weigh up, ponder on, deliberate on, reflect on, muse on, dwell on, give thought to, turn over in one s mind; brood over, puzzle over, rack one s brains about; N. Amer. think …   Useful english dictionary

• brooding — brood|ing [ brudıŋ ] adjective 1. ) LITERARY making you feel as if something bad or dangerous is about to happen 2. ) looking as if you are thinking and worrying about something: the brooding expression in his dark eyes …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English