Meaning & use
brood
To think anxiously and at length about something that troubles or upsets you.
See it in a sentence
He spent the whole weekend brooding over the argument with his brother.
She tends to brood instead of talking through her problems with friends.
A note on using this word
As a noun, "brood" refers to a family of young birds hatched together, or, more broadly, a person's children.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A family of young birds or other animals born or hatched at the same time.
The hen led her brood of chicks across the yard.
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