adj
Meaning 1
Of birds: sitting persistently and protectively on a nest, in order to hatch eggs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a broody hen
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
broody
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈbɹuːdi/
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rhymes with -uːdi
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CMU ARPABET: B R UW1 D IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Of any creature or person: showing an interest in raising young.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 3
Brooding, dwelling upon one's thoughts; moody.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 4
Gloomy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
A female bird in the condition to incubate eggs; a broody hen, duck, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- There are six broodies in that coop.
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Synonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
deeply or seriously thoughtful;
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: brooding, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
physiologically ready to incubate eggs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a broody hen
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
a domestic hen ready to brood
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: brood hen, broody hen, setting hen, sitter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hen, biddy
History
Etymology
From Middle English *brody, *brodi, from Old English brōdiġ (“broody”), equivalent to brood + -y. Cognate with German brütig (“broody”).
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: broedend — of birds sitting on a nest in order to hatch
- German: brütend — of birds sitting on a nest in order to hatch
- Irish: ar gor — of birds sitting on a nest in order to hatch
- Albanian: kllukë — female bird in the condition to incubate eggs
- Albanian: klloçkë — female bird in the condition to incubate eggs
- Galician: choca — female bird in the condition to incubate eggs
- German: Glucke — female bird in the condition to incubate eggs
- German: Henne — female bird in the condition to incubate eggs
- Norwegian Bokmål: verpende — female bird in the condition to incubate eggs
- Norwegian Bokmål: verpesyk — female bird in the condition to incubate eggs
- Persian: کرچ (korč) — female bird in the condition to incubate eggs
- Polish: nieśna — female bird in the condition to incubate eggs
- Russian: насе́дка (nasédka) — female bird in the condition to incubate eggs
- Scottish Gaelic: cearc-ghur — female bird in the condition to incubate eggs
- Spanish: clueca — female bird in the condition to incubate eggs
- Spanish: culeca — female bird in the condition to incubate eggs
- Ottoman Turkish: قولوچقه (kuluçka) — female bird in the condition to incubate eggs
- Ottoman Turkish: پلاچقه (plaçka) — female bird in the condition to incubate eggs
- Ukrainian: кво́чка (kvóčka) — female bird in the condition to incubate eggs
- Welsh: clwc — female bird in the condition to incubate eggs
- Welsh: gorllyd — female bird in the condition to incubate eggs