ruminate
Meaning
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- To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
- To meditate or reflect.
- To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.
Synonyms
speculate
chew cud
scratch one’s head
cnew the cud
bethink
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɹumɪneɪt/
Etymology
1533, "to turn over in the mind," also "to chew cud" (1547), from Latin rūminātus, perfect active participle of rūminārī (“to chew the cud, turn over in the mind”), from rūmen (“the throat, gullet”), of uncertain origin.
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