Usually means: Intense, moody contemplation; deep thinking.
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  1. brooding: Merriam-Webster
  2. brooding: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. brooding: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. brooding: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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  10. brooding: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. Brooding: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Brooding: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. brooding: Rhymezone
  14. Brooding: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. brooding: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. brooding: FreeDictionary.org
  17. brooding: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. brooding: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. brooding: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (of a bird) Broody; incubating eggs by sitting on them.
adjective:  Deeply or seriously thoughtful.
noun:  A spell of brooding; the time when someone broods.

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