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# brōd **Type:** Etymological root **Language:** Old English **Slug:** brod ## Words From This Root - brood - To think anxiously or unhappily about something for a long time. - brooding - deeply and gloomily thoughtful; menacingly somber - broody - moodily silent or melancholy; (of a hen) inclined to incubate eggs
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brood
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/bɹuːd/
To think anxiously or unhappily about something for a long time.
brooding
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/ˈbrudɪŋ/
deeply and gloomily thoughtful; menacingly somber
broody
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/ˈbrudi/
moodily silent or melancholy; (of a hen) inclined to incubate eggs
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