Definition of Brooding

1. Adjective. Deeply or seriously thoughtful. "Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man"


2. Noun. Sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body.
Exact synonyms: Incubation
Generic synonyms: Birth, Birthing, Giving Birth, Parturition
Derivative terms: Incubate

3. Noun. Persistent morbid meditation on a problem.
Exact synonyms: Pensiveness
Generic synonyms: Melancholy
Derivative terms: Pensive

Definition of Brooding

1. Adjective. (zoological) (of a bird) broody; incubating eggs by sitting on them ¹

2. Adjective. deeply or seriously thoughtful ¹

3. Verb. (present participle of brood) ¹

4. Noun. A spell of brooding; the time when someone broods. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Brooding

1. brood [v] - See also: brood

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brooding

brood capsules
brood cell
brood hen
brood parasite
brood parasites
brooded
brooder
brooder pneumonia
brooders
broodier
broodies
broodiest
broodily
broodiness
broodinesses
brooding (current term)
broodingly
broodings
broodless
broodmare
broodmares
broods
broodstocks
broody
broody hen
brook lamprey
brook lampreys
brook mint

Literary usage of Brooding

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Poultry Production by William Adams Lippincott (1921)
"CHAPTER V. THE brooding OF CHICKS. Natural brooding.—The essentials of natural brooding are comparatively few. ..."

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