Definitions
To think anxiously or unhappily about something for a long time.
Word origin
From Middle English brood, brod, from Old English brōd (“brood; foetus; breeding, hatching”), from Proto-Germanic *brōduz (“heat, breeding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁- (“breath, mist, vapour, steam”).
Used in a sentence
“As a hen doth gather her brood under her wings.”
“Ay, lord, she will become thy bed, I warrant, / And bring thee forth brave brood.”
“Garland Green, the tenth in a brood of eleven, was born on June 24, 1942, in Dunleath, Mississippi.”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Dwell gloomily”5 letters
02“Sit on eggs”5 letters
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