ruminate
21ruminate — ru·mi·nate rü mə .nāt vi, nat·ed; nat·ing 1) to chew again what has been chewed slightly and swallowed: chew the cud 2) to engage in contemplation …
22ruminate — ru|mi|nate [ rumı,neıt ] verb intransitive 1. ) FORMAL to think about something very carefully 2. ) TECHNICAL if an animal ruminates, it brings food back from its stomach into its mouth and CHEWS it (=breaks it into small pieces with its teeth) a …
23ruminate — ru·mi·nate || ruËmɪneɪt v. chew cud, regurgitate food and re chew it; think, meditate, ponder …
24ruminate — [ ru:mɪneɪt] verb 1》 think deeply about something. 2》 (of a ruminant) chew the cud. Derivatives rumination noun ruminative adjective ruminatively adverb ruminator noun Origin …
25ruminate — I. v. n. 1. Chew the cud. 2. Muse, meditate, ponder, cogitate, think, reflect. II. v. a. Meditate, chew, muse on, reflect upon, ponder upon, think about, brood over, chew the cud upon …
26ruminate — verb we ruminated on the nature of existence Syn: think about, contemplate, consider, meditate on, muse on, mull over, ponder on/over, deliberate about/on, chew on, puzzle over; formal cogitate about …
27ruminate — v 1. chew the cud, rechew, remasticate, Dial. rechaw; chew, masticate, Dial. chaw. 2. meditate, contemplate, cogitate; cerebrate, lucubrate, think, put on one s thinking cap, be abstracted, be lost in thought; concentrate, focus, put one s mind… …
28ruminate — ru·mi·nate …
29ruminate — [ˈruːmɪˌneɪt] verb [I] formal to think about something carefully …
30ruminate — ru•mi•nate [[t]ˈru məˌneɪt[/t]] v. nat•ed, nat•ing 1) zool. to chew the cud, as a ruminant 2) to meditate or muse; ponder 3) to chew again or over and over 4) to meditate on; ponder • Etymology: 1525–35; < L rūminātus, ptp. of rūminārī,… …
