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brooded

UK
/ˈbruːdɪd/
US
/ˈbrudɪd/
broodverb

brooded

Past Simple

brooded
Past Simple
brooded
Past Participle
brooding
Gerund
UK
/bruːd/
US
/brud/
Traduzioni
ruminerAu sens de penser avec insistance à quelque chose d’angoissant ou de pénible.
She would often brood over her past mistakes, unable to let them go.
Elle ruminait souvent ses erreurs passées, incapable de les laisser derrière elle.
couverPour un oiseau qui s’assoit sur des œufs afin de les faire éclore.
The hen brooded over her eggs, keeping them warm until they hatched.
La poule couvait ses œufs, les gardant au chaud jusqu’à l’éclosion.
Definizioni
To think deeply about something that makes one unhappy.
She would often brood over her past mistakes, unable to let them go.
To sit on eggs to hatch them.
The hen brooded over her eggs, keeping them warm until they hatched.
Sinonimi
ponder
dwell
reflect
ruminate
meditate
contemplate
mull over
broodnoun
Definizioni
A family of young animals, especially birds, produced at one hatching or birth.
The mother hen watched over her brood as they pecked at the ground.
The children in a family.
She took her brood to the park for a day of fun and games.
broodadjective
Definizioni
Kept for breeding or relating to the rearing of young.
The farmer bought a brood mare to improve his stock.
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