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brooding
has definitions from the field of biology
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[ adjective ] persistently or morbidly thoughtful
Used in print (George Harmon Coxe, Error of Judgement....)He considered them with brooding eyes , brows bunched as his brain grappled with the problem and tried to find some solution . Related terms |
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[ noun ] persistent morbid meditation on a problem
Synonyms Used in print (Charles Wharton Stork, "Verner von Heidenstam"...)And yet amid all the gay hedonism in Pilgrimage and Wander-Years is a cycle of short poems , '' Thoughts_in_Loneliness `` , filled with brooding , melancholy , and sombre longing '' . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (biology) sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
Synonyms Used in print (Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)The range is from 14 to 25 inches ; the former figure is based on a somewhat unusual birth of four by a Central_American female ( see chapter on Laying , Brooding , Hatching , and Birth ) , the latter on a `` normal '' newly born individual . Related terms |
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