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overbrood

overbrood verb: to brood over.

Verb

overbrood (third-person singular simple present overbroods, present participle overbrooding, simple past and past participle overbrooded)

  1. (poetic, transitive) To brood over.

Forms of overbrood

third-person singular presentoverbroods
present participleoverbrooding
past participleoverbrooded
pastoverbrooded

Origin of overbrood

From over- + brood.

Questions about overbrood

What does overbrood mean?
Overbrood means to brood over.
What part of speech is overbrood?
Overbrood is a verb.
What is the past tense of overbrood?
The past tense of overbrood is overbrooded.

Words near overbrood in the dictionary

  1. overbroiled
  2. overbroiling
  3. overbroils
  4. overbroke
  5. overbroken
  6. overbrood
  7. overbrooded
  8. overbrooding
  9. overbroods
  10. Overbrook
  11. overbrow

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