the young of an animal cared for at one time sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs" think moodily or anxiously about something hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long
If someone broods over something, they think about it a lot, seriously and often unhappily. She constantly broods about her family I continued to brood. Would he always be like this?
To have the mind dwell continuously or moodily on a subject; to think long and anxiously; to be in a state of gloomy, serious thought; usually followed by over or on; as, to brood over misfortunes
think moodily or anxiously about something hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long
The young from the same dam, whether produced at the same time or not; young children of the same mother, especially if nearly of the same age; offspring; progeny; as, a woman with a brood of children
To sit on and cover eggs, as a fowl, for the purpose of warming them and hatching the young; or to sit over and cover young, as a hen her chickens, in order to warm and protect them; hence, to sit quietly, as if brooding