brood|ing

brood|ing
brood|ing «BROO dihng», adjective.
1. hovering closely around, as a bird over her brood: »

lost in a brooding cloud of fog (Charles Kingsley).

2. dwelling moodily upon a subject of thought.
brood´ing|ly, adverb.

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