ruminate
Verb
Verb Forms: ruminated, ruminating, ruminates
- To think deeply or chew over again, literally or figuratively.
- chew the cuds
- "cows ruminate"
- reflect deeply on a subject
- To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
- To meditate or reflect.
- To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.
Adj
- Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.
Examples
- A camel will ruminate just as a cow will.
- I didn't answer right away because I needed to ruminate first.
- Players often RUMINATE on their tile rack, searching for hidden words.
Origin / Etymology
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.
Synonyms
chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, speculate, think over, Or Thesaurus:think
Scrabble Score: 10
ruminate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordruminate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ruminate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary