brooded
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- Think moodily or anxiously about something
- Hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
- Be in a huff and display one's displeasure
- Be in a huff; be silent or sullen
- Sit on (eggs)
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📰 This Word in the News:
Deep-sea octopus broods eggs for over four years—longer than any known animal
Jul 30, 2014 mbari.org
Jul 30, 2014 mbari.org
An Intermediate Incubation Period and Primitive Brooding in a Theropod Dinosaur
Aug 20, 2018 nature.com
Aug 20, 2018 nature.com
BUILDER ENDS LIFE; BROODED ON LOSSES; Walter Kraslow of Brooklyn Is Found Dead of Poison in Woods at Valhalla. (Published 1928)
Mar 19, 2018 The New York Times
Mar 19, 2018 The New York Times
The ecological and developmental foundations of brood parasitism in a catfish
Mar 31, 2026 nature.com
Mar 31, 2026 nature.com

