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What is the noun for brooding?

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brood
  1. The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
  2. (uncountable) The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time.
  3. The eggs and larvae of social insects such as bees, ants and some wasps, especially when gathered together in special brood chambers or combs within the colony.
  4. The children in one family.
  5. That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
  6. (mining) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
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    1. “One family had raised a brood of chicks in mid-July, and they had already grown quite a bit by this time.”
      “After the grandmother and her brood got off, a little fellow was dropped at a house.”
brooder
  1. A person who broods
  2. A heated box used for chicks or premature babies
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  4. Examples:
    1. “I set the brooder in the barn to ensure the eggs received the ideal environment for hatching.”
      “After 24 hours the chicks should be dry and ready to move to a brooder where they can be given food and water.”
      “Four years ago, Arner and Handeen moved an old brooder house onto a concrete slab that once supported a granary.”
brooding
broodling
  1. (science fiction) A member of a brood.
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    1. “In her unfledged condition the destruction of the local shelter threatened the death of the broodling.”
broodlings
broodings
  1. plural of brooding
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  3. Examples:
    1. “However, it repays the listener's effort with its insights and existential broodings.”
      “How and why we buy books and read them can never be as compelling as broodings on the texts themselves.”
      “No doubt these sights had confirmed him in his misogynistic broodings.”
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