Ruminate

verb

/ˈɹumɪneɪt/

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.verbTo chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.

"A camel will ruminate just as a cow will."

2.verbTo meditate or reflect.

"I didn't answer right away because I needed to ruminate first."

3.verbTo meditate or ponder over; to muse on.

4.adjectiveHaving 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"

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