1. (

• brood_hen ,
• broody ,
• broody_hen ,
• setting_hen ,
• sitter

) a domestic hen ready to brood ;

1. (

• broody

) physiologically ready to incubate eggs; "a broody hen" ;

2. (

• brooding ,
• broody ,
• contemplative ,
• meditative ,
• musing ,
• pensive ,
• pondering ,
• reflective ,
• ruminative

) deeply or seriously thoughtful; "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" ;