Definition of ruminates Ruminates
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What does ruminates mean?
Part of speech
🔤- ruminates, verb, present, 3rd person singular of ruminate (infinitive).
WordNet
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| ruminate - chew the cuds; "cows ruminate" | ||
| eat eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation" | ||
| ruminant any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments | ||
| ruminate - reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate" | ||
| chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, speculate | ||
| cerebrate, cogitate, think consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind | ||
| premeditate think or reflect beforehand or in advance; "I rarely premeditate, which is a mistake" | ||
| theologise, theologize make theoretical speculations about theology or discuss theological subjects | ||
| introspect reflect on one's own thoughts and feelings | ||
| bethink consider or ponder something carefully; "She bethought her of their predicament" | ||
| cogitate consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind | ||
| wonder, question have a wish or desire to know something; "He wondered who had built this beautiful church" | ||
| puzzle be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide; "We puzzled over her sudden departure" | ||
| study, consider learn by reading books; "He is studying geology in his room"; "I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- ruminate (Verb)
To chew cud. Said of ruminants. Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen. - ruminate (Verb)
To meditate or reflect. - ruminate (Adjective)
Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ruminate (v. i.)
To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed. - ruminate (v. i.)
To think again and again; to muse; to meditate; to ponder; to reflect. - ruminate (v. t.)
To chew over again. - ruminate (v. t.)
To meditate or ponder over; to muse on. - ruminate (a.)
Alt. of Ruminated
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ruminate
To chew the cuds.
Part of speech
🔤- ruminate, verb, present, 1st person singular of ruminate (infinitive).
- ruminate, verb (infinitive).
