ruminate
31ruminate — v.i. chew the cud; ponder. ♦ ruminant, n. & a. (animal) that chews the cud; pondering. ♦ rumination, n. ♦ ruminative, a …
32ruminate — v. 1 tr. & (foll. by over, on, etc.) intr. meditate, ponder. 2 intr. (of ruminants) chew the cud. Derivatives: rumination n. ruminative adj. ruminatively adv. ruminator n …
33re-ruminate — …
34chew the cud — Ruminate …
35Ruminated — Ruminate Ru mi*nate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ruminated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ruminating}.] [L. ruminatus, p. p. of ruminari, ruminare, fr. rumen, inis, throat, akin to ructare to belch, erugere to belch out, Gr. ?, AS. roccettan.] 1. To chew the cud;… …
36Ruminating — Ruminate Ru mi*nate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ruminated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ruminating}.] [L. ruminatus, p. p. of ruminari, ruminare, fr. rumen, inis, throat, akin to ructare to belch, erugere to belch out, Gr. ?, AS. roccettan.] 1. To chew the cud;… …
37Ruminated — Ruminate Ru mi*nate, Ruminated Ru mi*na ted, a. (Bot.) Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw. [1913 Webster] …
38rumination — ruminate ► VERB 1) think deeply about something. 2) (of a ruminant) chew the cud. DERIVATIVES rumination noun ruminative adjective …
39ruminative — ruminate ► VERB 1) think deeply about something. 2) (of a ruminant) chew the cud. DERIVATIVES rumination noun ruminative adjective …
40chew over — verb reflect deeply on a subject (Freq. 1) 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 • Syn: ↑think over,… …