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broody
/b ˈru di/
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a domestic hen ready to brood
broody meaning(s)
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- (n) a domestic hen ready to brood
- (adj) physiologically ready to incubate eggs
- (adj) deeply or seriously thoughtful
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broody usage(s) Create your Own
- The Johnny Depp Public Enemies waved vaguely in their direction, with '30s couture and mature amour, but at heart it was another crime drama, however pensive and broody.
- It was solipsistic and histrionic at the same time--broody like Brando, vulnerable like James Dean.
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broody hen
a domestic hen ready to brood
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brook
/b ˈrʊk/
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a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a…
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brook thistle
of central and southwestern Europe
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brook trout
a delicious freshwater food fish
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brooke
/b ˈrʊk/
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English lyric poet (1887-1915)
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brooklet
/ˈbrʊk lɪt/
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a small brook
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brooklime
European plant having low-lying stems with blue flowers; sparsely naturalized…
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brooklyn
/b ˈrʊ klən/
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a borough of New York City
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brooklyn bridge
a suspension bridge across the East River in New York City; opened…
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brooks
/b ˈrʊks/
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United States literary critic and historian (1886-1963)
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brookweed
American water pimpernel
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broom
/b ˈrum/
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a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a…
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broom beard grass
handsome hardy North American grass with foliage turning pale bronze…
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broom closet
a small room for storing brooms and other cleaning equipment
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broom grass
any of several grasses of the genus Andropogon; used in broom making
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broom handle
the handle of a broom
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broom palm
small palm of southern Florida and West Indies closely resembling the silvertop…
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broom sedge
tall tufted grass of southeastern United States
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broom snakeroot
low-growing sticky subshrub of southwestern United States having narrow…
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broom snakeweed
low-growing sticky subshrub of southwestern United States having narrow…
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broom tree
prickly yellow-flowered shrub of the moors of New England and Europe
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broom-weed
annual of southwestern United States having rigid woody branches with sticky…
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broomcorn
tall grasses grown for the elongated stiff-branched panicle used for brooms…