ALL meanings of brooded
brood
B b - noun brooded a number of young produced or hatched at one time; a family of offspring or young. 1
- noun brooded a breed, species, group, or kind: The museum exhibited a brood of monumental sculptures. 1
- verb with object brooded to sit upon (eggs) to hatch, as a bird; incubate. 1
- verb with object brooded (of a bird) to warm, protect, or cover (young) with the wings or body. 1
- verb with object brooded to think or worry persistently or moodily about; ponder: He brooded the problem. 1
- verb without object brooded to sit upon eggs to be hatched, as a bird. 1
- verb without object brooded to dwell on a subject or to meditate with morbid persistence (usually followed by over or on). 1
- adjective brooded kept for breeding: a brood hen. 1
- verb brooded simple past tense and past participle of brood. 0