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# brooding

adjective (brooding); verb -ing form of brood (brood, broods, brooded, brooding); noun (brooding)

«brooding» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Thinking for a long time about something that makes you sad, worried or angry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brooding/#m1)
2. Looking dark, gloomy or threatening, like brooding clouds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brooding/#m2)
3. (of birds) Sitting on eggs to keep them warm until they hatch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brooding/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories it describes moody characters or a gloomy setting; in science it describes hens and other birds sitting on eggs. Phrases: "brooding over", "a brooding silence", "brooding hen".

### Examples

- He sat brooding over the lost match. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brooding/#x1)
- Dark, brooding clouds hung over the mountains. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brooding/#x2)
- The brooding hen would not leave her eggs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brooding/#x3)
- Stop brooding and talk to someone about it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brooding/#x4)
- The hero was quiet and brooding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brooding/#x5)
- The castle looked brooding in the mist. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brooding/#x6)
- One day as Mongan sat in the sun, brooding lamentably on his fate, mac an Da’v came to him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brooding/#x7)

### Note

From the verb "brood". A "brood" is also a noun for a group of baby birds. If you keep brooding about a worry, it helps to tell a trusted adult.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «brooding» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brooding/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«brooding» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/brooding.html) on Mova free.