ruminate[verb]Synonyms: ponder, cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, mull over, muse, reflect, think, turn over in one's mind
Related Words: consider,
excogitate,
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ru‧mi‧nate /ˈruːməneɪt, ˈruːmɪneɪt/
verb [intransitive][
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Latin;
Origin: past participle of ruminare, from rumen 'throat']
1. formal to think carefully and deeply about something
ruminate on/over
He sat alone, ruminating on the injustice of the world.2. technical if animals such as cows ruminate, they bring food back into their mouths from their stomachs and
chew it again
—rumination /ˌruːməˈneɪʃ
ən, ˌruːmɪˈneɪʃ
ən/
noun [uncountable and countable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲