ruminate
verbEtymology
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.
- borrowed from rūminātus
Definitions
To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the…
To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
- A camel will ruminate just as a cow will.
To meditate or reflect.
- I didn't answer right away because I needed to ruminate first.
To meditate or ponder over
To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.
- What I know / Is ruminated, plotted, and set down.
- Mad with desire, she ruminates her sin.
- "Good-by, my dear Belinda; I leave you to ruminate sweet and bitter thoughts; to think of the last speech and confession of Lady Delacour, or, what will interest you much more, the first speech and confession of—Clarence Harvey."
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Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the…
Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.
- a ruminate endosperm
The neighborhood
- synonymOr Thesaurus:think
- neighborrumen
- neighborruminant
- neighborrumination
- neighborruminatory
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at ruminate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at ruminate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
6 hops · closes at ruminate
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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