ruminate
11ruminate — verb /ˈruməneɪt/ a) To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen. A camel will ruminate just as a cow will. b) To meditate or reflect. I didnt answer right away because I needed to ruminate first …
12ruminate — v. (D; intr.) ( to reflect ) to ruminate about, on * * * [ ruːmɪneɪt] on (D; intr.) ( to reflect ) to ruminate about …
13ruminate — ru|mi|nate [ˈru:mıneıt] v [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of ruminare, from rumen [i] throat ] 1.) formal to think carefully and deeply about something ruminate on/over ▪ He sat alone, ruminating on the injustice of the world …
14ruminate — UK [ˈruːmɪneɪt] / US [ˈrumɪˌneɪt] verb [intransitive] Word forms ruminate : present tense I/you/we/they ruminate he/she/it ruminates present participle ruminating past tense ruminated past participle ruminated 1) formal to think about something… …
15ruminate — [c]/ˈruməneɪt / (say roohmuhnayt) verb (ruminated, ruminating) –verb (i) 1. to chew the cud, as a ruminant. 2. to meditate or muse; ponder. –verb (t) 3. to chew again. 4. to meditate on; ponder: to ruminate the possibility of defeat. –phrase 5.… …
16ruminate — ruminatingly, adv. rumination, n. ruminative, adj. ruminatively, adv. ruminator, n. /rooh meuh nayt /, v., ruminated, ruminating. v.i. 1. to chew the cud, as a ruminant. 2. to …
17ruminate — Synonyms and related words: be abstracted, bite, brood, brood over, champ, chaw, chew, chew over, chew the cud, chew up, chomp, chump, con over, consider, contemplate, crunch, debate, deliberate, deliberate over, deliberate upon, digest,… …
18ruminate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. meditate, ponder; chew, chew the cud. See food, thought. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To chew the cud] Syn. rechew, masticate, regurgitate; see chew . 2. [To ponder] Syn. meditate on, contemplate,… …
19ruminate — verb (I) 1 formal to think for a long time about something (+ about/on etc): He sat ruminating on the answer he d been given. 2 technical if animals such as cows ruminate, they bring food back into their mouths from their stomachs and chew it… …
20ruminate — verb ( nated; nating) Etymology: Latin ruminatus, past participle of ruminari to chew the cud, muse upon, from rumin , rumen rumen; perhaps akin to Sanskrit romantha act of chewing the cud Date: 1533 transitive verb 1. to go over in the mind… …
