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Ruminate; Rumination (disambiguation); Draft:Ruminations; Ruminations

ruminate         
(ruminates, ruminating, ruminated)
1.
If you ruminate on something, you think about it very carefully. (FORMAL)
He ruminated on the terrible wastage that typified American life...
VERB: V on/about/over n
2.
When animals ruminate, they bring food back from their stomach into their mouth and chew it again. (TECHNICAL)
VERB
ruminate         
I. v. n.
1.
Chew the cud.
2.
Muse, meditate, ponder, cogitate, think, reflect.
II. v. a.
Meditate, chew, muse on, reflect upon, ponder upon, think about, brood over, chew the cud upon.
ruminate         
v. (D; intr.) ('to reflect') to ruminate about, on

Wikipedia

Rumination

Rumination may refer to:

  • Rumination, the digestive process of ruminants
    • Rumination syndrome, a chronic condition characterized by effortless regurgitation of most meals following consumption
  • Deep thought or consideration
    • Rumination (psychology), contemplation or reflection, which may become persistent and recurrent worrying or brooding
    • Ruminations, an email column and series of books written by comedian Aaron Karo
    • Ruminations (album), a 2016 album by American musician Conor Oberst
Examples of use of ruminate
1. In the report, Sevareid imparts a ton of information, giving both sides room enough to ruminate.
2. This was not the culmination of some long crisis with time to ruminate and firm up your resolve.
3. "Anything, I felt, rather than stop and ruminate on what had gone before," he wrote in The Times today.
4. You may think besotted husband Derek is in no way qualified to ruminate on why she is still in the competition.
5. Specifically, it was supposed to be a day to ruminate on the legacy of a certain former president who has managed to still be rather much in the news.