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ruminate
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ruminate
v.
chew cud, regurgitate food and re-chew it; think, meditate, ponder
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Rumination
Rumination may refer to:
- Rumination, the digestive process of ruminants
- Rumination syndrome, a chronic condition characterized by effortless regurgitation of most meals following consumption
- Rumination (psychology), contemplation or reflection, which may become persistent and recurrent worrying or brooding
- Ruminations, a popular email column and series of books written by comedian Aaron Karo
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ruminate
Verb
1. chew the cuds; "cows ruminate"
(hypernym) eat
(derivation) rumination
(classification) ruminant
2. reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"
(synonym) chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, speculate
(hypernym) think, cogitate, cerebrate
(hyponym) premeditate
(derivation) contemplation, reflection, reflexion, rumination, musing, thoughtfulness
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ruminare
v.
ruminate, chew cud; meditate, ponder
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Ruminate
(v. t.)
To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.
To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.
(v. t.)
To chew over again.
To chew over again.
(v. i.)
To think again and again; to muse; to meditate; to ponder; to reflect.
To think again and again; to muse; to meditate; to ponder; to reflect.
(v. i.)
To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed.
To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed.
(a.)
Alt. of Ruminated
Alt. of Ruminated
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