brooded

verb

Definition of broodednext
past tense of brood
as in sat
to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop don't disturb the hen while she's brooding

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  1. sat
  2. spawned
  3. hatched
Verb
  • Customers sat at tables for long stretches of time, eating course after course of unlimited shrimp.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Well, actually … On Thursday, Johnson sat two seats over from his new coach for a television interview about their team.
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of sat
Verb
  • SpaceX’s beefs with regulators over policies, timelines and recent environmental and safety violations have spawned broad speculation about when Starship could next fly from South Texas.
    Brandon Lingle, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Hip males in their 20s and dads in business suits stop by in equal measure to touch the luxe calfskin of the boot-sneaker with the exaggerated tongue that has spawned countless copycats.
    Mimi Lombardo, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of spawned
Verb
  • After the girl came forward, police hatched a plan.
    Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Little did any of us know, however, at that moment, buzzing over the internet around the world, the biggest news event of the day, perhaps an October Surprise, for this vice presidential candidate was, at least in the eyes of the internet, already hatched.
    Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of hatched
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brood (about or over)

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brooded (about or over)

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