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ruminate (verb), ruminates; ruminated; ruminating
1. To think carefully about something for a long period of time: Ron was ruminating about which university he would go to long before he graduated from high school.
2. To regurgitate some of the partially digested food and to chew it again; referring to various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four or occasionally three compartments: Cows, sheep, goats, deer, camels, and giraffes are some of the animals that ruminate their food.
3. Etymology: "to turn over in the mind", also "to chew cud" (1547); from Latin ruminatus, ruminare, "to chew the cud; to turn over in the mind".
To ponder over and over in one's mind.
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To think about at length or for a long time.
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To reflect and to consider over a period of time.
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To think carefully for a long time before doing something; to regurgitate partially digested food and to chew it again or to ruminate food; such as, cows, sheep, goats, deer, camels, and giraffes. (3)