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# broody

«broody» in Mova's school dictionary: **Wanting to sit on her eggs to keep them warm until they…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (broody, broodier, broodiest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (of a hen) Wanting to sit on her eggs to keep them warm until they hatch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broody/#m1)

2) (informal, UK) Wanting to have a baby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broody/#m2)

3) Quiet, moody and thinking gloomy thoughts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broody/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In farm and science lessons, a broody hen sits on eggs and stops laying. In stories, a broody character is quiet and serious, thinking about worries. In grown-up talk, «feeling broody» means wanting a baby.

### examples

- The broody hen would not leave her nest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broody/#x1)
- Our broody chicken sat on the eggs for three weeks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broody/#x2)
- He has been broody and silent all afternoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broody/#x3)
- Seeing her baby cousin made Aunt Sue feel broody. (informal, UK) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broody/#x4)
- The broody boy stared out of the window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broody/#x5)
- A broody hen puffs up her feathers if you come near. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broody/#x6)

### note

Adjective; comparatives broodier, broodiest. Related: brood (a group of baby birds; or to think gloomily). Not the same as «bloody» or «brutal».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «broody» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broody/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.