Definition of Ruminate in English :

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Ruminate

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Verb

1. ruminate

chew the cuds

Example Sentences:
'cows ruminate'

2. chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate, think over

reflect deeply on a subject

Example Sentences:
'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'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Ruminate

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verb
1. 
(of ruminants) to chew (the cud)
2. (when intr, often foll by upon, on, etc)
to meditate or ponder (upon)

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Ruminate

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verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈrumiˌnated or ˈrumiˌnating
1. 
to chew (the cud), as a cow does
2. 
to turn (something) over in the mind; meditate (on)

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Ruminate

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v. ru·mi·nat·ed, ru·mi·nat·ing, ru·mi·nates
v.intr.
1. To turn a matter over and over in the mind.
2. To chew cud.
v.tr.
To reflect on over and over again.

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