ruminate

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
2. (intransitive) To meditate or reflect.
3. (transitive) To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.

Adj

Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.

Synonyms

chew the cud

ponder

think

🤔

reflect

meditate

contemplate

muse

cogitate

mull

speculate

consider

think over

chew over

deliberate

mull over

study

excogitate

examine

chew cud

chew

wonder

scratch one’s head

cnew the cud

asperous

weigh

brood

cast about

conceive

deem

digest

dream

😴💭

drink in

introspect

judge

🧑‍⚖️

masticate

meditation

ratiocinate

reason

reflect on

regurgitate

rehash

review

rough

bethink

Translations

rumiar

ruminer

wiederkäuen

grübeln

méditer

remâcher

herkauwen

réfléchir

penser

🤔

meditar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹumɪneɪt/

Etymology

First attested in 1533; borrowed from Latin rūminātus, perfect active participle of rūminor (“to chew the cud, turn over in the mind”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from rūmen (“the throat, gullet”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix), itself of uncertain origin.