ruminate – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
ruminate
v.
chew cud, regurgitate food and re-chew it; think, meditate, ponder
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
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
ruminare
v.
ruminate, chew cud; meditate, ponder
Ruminate
(v. t.)
To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.
(v. t.)
To chew over again.
(v. i.)
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.
(a.)
Alt. of Ruminated
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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