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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun broody has 1 sense
- broody(n = noun.animal) brood hen, broody hen, setting hen, sitter - a domestic hen ready to brood; Array is a kind of biddy, hen
Adjective broody has 2 senses
- broody(s = adj.all) Array - physiologically ready to incubate eggs; "a broody hen"
- broody(s = adj.all) brooding, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative - deeply or seriously thoughtful; "Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man"
OXFORD DICTIONARY
broody, adj. (broodier, broodiest)
1 (of a hen) wanting to brood.
2 sullenly thoughtful or depressed.
3 colloq. (of a woman) wanting to have a baby.
1 (of a hen) wanting to brood.
2 sullenly thoughtful or depressed.
3 colloq. (of a woman) wanting to have a baby.
Derivative
broodily adv. broodiness n.
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