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brood

1 verb
     
brood1 [intransitive]
1 to keep thinking about something that you are worried or upset about:
Don't sit at home brooding all day.
brood over/about/on
There's no point brooding over it - she's gone.
2HBP if a bird broods, it sits on its eggs to make the young birds break out
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