Brooding (Noun)
Meaning 1
Persistent morbid meditation on a problem.
Classification
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions.
Examples
- She got tired of her father's incessant and monotonous monologue when thinking a stressful days finally affected daily inter face showing unhumble tired unsitting melancholer through lost causes non lasting ways got deeply trouble along path difficult travel each without better all change took within first became realized heavy began difficult almost many heard very back himself doing thoughts trying trouble troubles turn wrong rest sleep first less.
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- Sometimes it's preferable to remain silent than to react with brooding that doesn't produce the desired outcome.
- His increasing tendency to brooding since his breakup had begun to worry his friends.
- A deep sense of loss and sadness filled his heart and like rain settled in without a chance to thaw from the pain causing one brooding.
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Meaning 2
Sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The mother hen was brooding over her eggs, keeping them warm and safe until they hatched.
- The brooding period for ostrich eggs is about 42 days, during which the female takes turns with the male to incubate the eggs.
- Some bird species are known to be devoted parents, with the female spending weeks brooding over her eggs before they hatch.
- The farmer carefully monitored the brooding behavior of the turkey hens to ensure the eggs were kept at the right temperature.
- In many species of birds, the female's brooding behavior is crucial to the survival of the eggs and the development of the chicks.