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brood·ing [ˈbru:dɪŋ] ADJ

brooding
beunruhigend
dark brooding clouds
dunkle, schwere Wolken
a brooding expanse of marshland
ein unheimliches Moorgebiet
a brooding silence
eine drückende Stille

I. brood [bru:d] N

1. brood (hatch):

brood
Brut f <-, -en>

2. brood hum (young children):

brood
Brut f <-> kein pl hum
brood
Nachwuchs m <-es> kein pl

II. brood [bru:d] VB intr

1. brood:

brood (mope)
Trübsal blasen
brood (worry at length)
grübeln
to brood on [or over] sth
über etw dat brüten
to brood on [or over] sth
über etw acc [nach]grübeln

2. brood ZOOL (sit on eggs):

brood
brüten

III. brood [bru:d] VB trans

to brood eggs
Eier ausbrüten

ˈbrood mare N

brood mare
Zuchtstute f <-, -n>

brood care N

brood care
Brutpflege

genetic brood care N

genetic brood care
genetische Brutpflege
Present
Ibrood
youbrood
he/she/itbroods
webrood
youbrood
theybrood
Past
Ibrooded
youbrooded
he/she/itbrooded
webrooded
youbrooded
theybrooded
Present Perfect
Ihavebrooded
youhavebrooded
he/she/ithasbrooded
wehavebrooded
youhavebrooded
theyhavebrooded
Past Perfect
Ihadbrooded
youhadbrooded
he/she/ithadbrooded
wehadbrooded
youhadbrooded
theyhadbrooded
See further verb tables