'Broody' definitions:

Physiologically ready to incubate eggs; "a broody hen"

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"; [syn: brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative]

A domestic hen ready to brood [syn: brood hen, broody, broody hen, setting hen, sitter]