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ruminate::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, speculate, think over |
| Type of | cerebrate, cogitate, think |
| Has types | premeditate, puzzle, question, study, theologise, theologize, wonder, bethink, cogitate, consider, introspect |
| Derivation | ruminative, ruminator, rumination |
Examples of ruminate
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Because it's harder to ruminate when you're technically engaged in conversation.
From the blog.beliefnet.com
Or is this a larger personality issue where he tends to second-guess and ruminate?
From the charlotteobserver.com
The Latin word for ruminate is ruminare which refers to a cow chewing its cud.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
But are there types of stressful events that make us more likely to ruminate?
From the psychcentral.com
A foreign policy aide had to ruminate silently for a moment before answering.
From the time.com
Juanes says the two of them jammed for hours, taking breaks to ruminate about life.
From the npr.org
What is most important is not to ruminate about the mistake, but to recover quickly.
From the forbes.com
In fact, individuals suffering from depression often ruminate about being depressed.
From the sciencedaily.com
Ruminate splashing out on that first Edition over pheasant terrine or Welsh rarebit.
From the independent.co.uk
- Chew the cuds; "cows ruminate"
- Chew over: 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"
- (rumination) contemplation: a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
- (rumination) (of ruminants) chewing (the cud); "ruminants have remarkable powers of rumination"
- (rumination) regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding
- Physiologically, a ruminant is a mammal of the order Artiodactyla that digests plant-based food by initially softening it within the animal's first stomach, then regurgitating the semi-digested mass, now known as cud, and chewing it again. ...
- (Rumination (eating disorder)) Rumination syndrome, or Merycism is an under-diagnosed chronic eating disorder, characterized by effortless regurgitation of most meals following consumption. ...
- (Rumination (psychology)) Rumination is a way of responding to distress that involves repetitively (and passively) focusing on the symptoms of distress, and on its possible causes and consequences. ...
- To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen; To meditate or reflect
