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brooding
Overview of noun brooding
The noun brooding has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (1) brooding, incubation -- (sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body)
2. (1) pensiveness, brooding -- (persistent morbid meditation on a problem)
Overview of verb brood
The verb brood has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (5) brood, dwell -- (think moodily or anxiously about something)
2. (1) brood, hover, loom, bulk large -- (hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long")
3. sulk, pout, brood -- (be in a huff and display one's displeasure; "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted")
4. grizzle, brood, stew -- (be in a huff; be silent or sullen)
5. brood, hatch, cover, incubate -- (sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs")
Overview of adj brooding
The adj brooding has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative -- (persistently or morbidly thoughtful)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun brooding
2 senses of brooding
Sense 1
brooding, incubation
=> parturition, birth, giving birth, birthing
=> organic process, biological process
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
pensiveness, brooding
=> melancholy
=> sadness, unhappiness
=> feeling
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun brooding
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun brooding
2 senses of brooding
Sense 1
brooding, incubation
=> parturition, birth, giving birth, birthing
Sense 2
pensiveness, brooding
=> melancholy
Antonyms of noun brooding
Member Holonyms of noun brooding
Substance Holonyms of noun brooding
Part Holonyms of noun brooding
Member Meronyms of noun brooding
Substance Meronyms of noun brooding
Part Meronyms of noun brooding
Meronyms of noun brooding
Holonyms of noun brooding
Attributes of noun brooding
Derived Forms of noun brooding
Domain of noun brooding
Domain Terms of noun brooding
Familiarity of noun brooding
brooding used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun brooding
2 senses of brooding
Sense 1
brooding, incubation
> parturition, birth, giving birth, birthing
=> brooding, incubation
=> calving
=> childbirth, childbearing, accouchement, vaginal birth
=> farrow, farrowing
=> hatch, hatching
=> laying, egg laying
=> parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed
Sense 2
pensiveness, brooding
> melancholy
=> gloom, gloominess, somberness, sombreness
=> heavyheartedness
=> pensiveness, brooding
=> world-weariness, Weltschmerz
Meronyms of noun brooding
2 senses of brooding
Holonyms of noun brooding
Grep of noun brooding
brooding
Antonyms of verb brood
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb brood
5 senses of brood
Sense 1
brood, dwell
=> worry, care
=> mind
=> think about
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sense 2
brood, hover, loom, bulk large
=> hang
=> be
Sense 3
sulk, pout, brood
Sense 4
grizzle, brood, stew
=> sulk, pout, brood
Sense 5
brood, hatch, cover, incubate
=> reproduce, procreate, multiply
=> make, create
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb brood
1 of 5 senses of brood
Sense 3
sulk, pout, brood
=> grizzle, brood, stew
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb brood
5 senses of brood
Sense 1
brood, dwell
=> worry, care
Sense 2
brood, hover, loom, bulk large
=> hang
Sense 3
sulk, pout, brood
Sense 4
grizzle, brood, stew
=> sulk, pout, brood
Sense 5
brood, hatch, cover, incubate
=> reproduce, procreate, multiply
'Cause To' of verb brood
Derived Forms of verb brood
1 of 5 senses of brood
Sense 5
brood, hatch, cover, incubate
RELATED TO>(noun) brood#1
=> brood
RELATED TO>(noun) brooder#1
=> incubator, brooder
Domain of verb brood
Domain Terms of verb brood
Familiarity of verb brood
brood used as a verb is common (polysemy count =5)
Sample Sentences of verb brood
5 senses of brood
Sense 1
brood, dwell
EX: Sam and Sue brood over the results of the experiment
Sense 2
brood, hover, loom, bulk large
EX: Some big birds brood in the tree
EX: There brood some big birds in the tree
Sense 3
sulk, pout, brood
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 4
grizzle, brood, stew
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 5
brood, hatch, cover, incubate
*> Somebody ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb brood
4 of 5 senses of brood
Sense 1
brood, dwell
> worry, care
=> brood, dwell
Sense 2
brood, hover, loom, bulk large
> hang
=> brood, hover, loom, bulk large
Sense 4
grizzle, brood, stew
> sulk, pout, brood
=> grizzle, brood, stew
Sense 5
brood, hatch, cover, incubate
> reproduce, procreate, multiply
=> propagate
=> fructify, set
=> breed, multiply
=> brood, hatch, cover, incubate
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb brood
Sense 1
brood, dwell
=> worry, care
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Sense 2
brood, hover, loom, bulk large
=> hang
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Sense 3
sulk, pout, brood
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Sense 4
grizzle, brood, stew
=> sulk, pout, brood
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Sense 5
brood, hatch, cover, incubate
=> reproduce, procreate, multiply
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Grep of verb brood
brood
Antonyms of adj brooding
1 sense of brooding
Sense 1
brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative
INDIRECT (VIA thoughtful) -> thoughtless
Similarity of adj brooding
1 sense of brooding
Sense 1
brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative
=> thoughtful (vs. thoughtless)
Pertainyms of adj brooding
Attributes of adj brooding
Domain of adj brooding
Domain Terms of adj brooding
Familiarity of adj brooding
brooding used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj brooding
brooding
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