brood
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the young of an animal cared for at one time
Types & categories
- animal group hypernym
- clutch hyponym
Related & opposite
- incubate derivation
Sense 2 verb
think moodily or anxiously about something
Types & categories
- worry hypernym
Related & opposite
- dwell on also see
Sense 3 verb
hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
The terrible vision brooded over her all day long
Types & categories
Sense 4 verb
be in a huff and display one's displeasure
She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted
Types & categories
- grizzle hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
be in a huff; be silent or sullen
Types & categories
- pout hypernym
Related & opposite
- fret derivation
Sense 6 verb
sit on (eggs)
Birds brood
Types & categories
- procreate hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | incubate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | animal group |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | clutch |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | dwell on |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | worry |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | hang |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | eclipse |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sulkiness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pouter |
| 4 | entails | Related & opposite | resent |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | grizzle |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | fret |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | pout |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | incubator |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | brood |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | brooding |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | hatch |
| 6 | entails | Related & opposite | sit down |
| 6 | verb group | Related & opposite | hatch |
| 6 | verb group | Related & opposite | breed |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | procreate |