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Definition of Ruminate
1. Verb. Chew the cuds. "The animals ruminate"; "Cows ruminate"
Generic synonyms: Eat
Derivative terms: Rumen, Ruminant, Ruminant, Rumination
2. Verb. Reflect deeply on a subject. "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"
Generic synonyms: Cerebrate, Cogitate, Think
Specialized synonyms: Premeditate, Theologise, Theologize, Introspect, Bethink, Cogitate, Question, Wonder, Puzzle, Consider, Study
Derivative terms: Contemplation, Contemplative, Excogitative, Meditation, Meditative, Muller, Muse, Muser, Musing, Ponderer, Reflective, Reflective, Rumination, Ruminative, Ruminator, Speculation, Speculative
Definition of Ruminate
1. v. i. To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed.
2. v. t. To chew over again.
3. a. Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.
Definition of Ruminate
1. Verb. (intransitive) To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To meditate or reflect. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ruminate
1. to chew again [v -NATED, -NATING, -NATES]
Medical Definition of Ruminate
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ruminate
Literary usage of Ruminate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"... to chew the cud, ruminate. — L. rumin-, for rumen, the throat, gullet. ...
See Rumble, ruminate. Rump. (E.) ME rumpe. ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"... bundles and growing into the endosperm produces the characteristic appearance
in section known as ruminate—this is well shown in the Areca nut (fig. 3). ..."
3. American Natural History by John Davidson Godman (1836)
"They feed on vegetable matters, and do not ruminate ; the stomach is membranous
and simple, or merely divided by membranous bands.* FAMILY. ..."
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