1) Broody 2) Contemplative 3) Exclusively Anglo word 4) Exclusively Saxon word 5) Hen activity 6) In a moody mood 7) Meditative 8) Musing 9) Pensive 10) Pondering 11) Reflective 12) Ruminative 13) Sitting on a nest 14) Thoughtful 15) Word with Anglo-Saxon origins 16) Word of purely Anglo origin
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1) Contemplative 2) Hennish 3) Meditative 4) Moody 5) Morose 6) Musing 7) Pensive 8) Pensiveness 9) Pondering 10) Reflective 11) Ruminative 12) Surly 13) Thoughtful
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• (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brood
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http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/brooding/
in zoology, pattern of behaviour of certain egg-laying animals, especially birds, marked by cessation of egg laying and readiness to sit on and ... [4 related articles]
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To sit on or hatch eggs; to protect and care for young.
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Wines that are brooding offer dark colors with intense concentration of flavor.
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adj] - persistently or morbidly thoughtful 2. [n] - sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
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Sitting on hatched young, or sheltering them under the wings, primarily to keep them warm, but also to protect them from sun, rain, or predators. Occurs either in the nest, or outside the nest in those species whose young leave the nest shortly after hatching.
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To sit on and keep young birds warm that cannot maintain their own body temperatures.
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When an adult bird gently sits on nestlings to keep them warm or dry, this is referred to as brooding. On unhatched eggs the same process is called incubation.
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broody adjective persistently or morbidly thoughtful
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preoccupied with depressing, morbid, or painful memories or thoughts: a brooding frame of mind. · cast in subdued light so as to convey a somewhat threatening atmosphere: Dusk fell on the brooding hills.
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persistent morbid meditation on a problem
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