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• ruminate — [v] think about seriously brainstorm*, brood, chew over, cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, excogitate, figure, meditate, mull over, muse, ponder, rack one’s brains*, reflect, revolve, stew about*, think, turn over, use one’s head*,… …   New thesaurus

• ruminate — ► VERB 1) think deeply about something. 2) (of a ruminant) chew the cud. DERIVATIVES rumination noun ruminative adjective …   English terms dictionary

• ruminate — [[t]ru͟ːmɪneɪt[/t]] ruminates, ruminating, ruminated 1) VERB If you ruminate on something, you think about it very carefully. [FORMAL] [V on/about/over n] He ruminated on the terrible wastage that typified American life... [V on/about/over n]… …   English dictionary

• ruminate — v. (D; intr.) ( to reflect ) to ruminate about, on * * * [ ruːmɪneɪt] on (D; intr.) ( to reflect ) to ruminate about …   Combinatory dictionary

• ruminate — ru|mi|nate [ˈru:mıneıt] v [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of ruminare, from rumen [i] throat ] 1.) formal to think carefully and deeply about something ruminate on/over ▪ He sat alone, ruminating on the injustice of the world …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• ruminate — UK [ˈruːmɪneɪt] / US [ˈrumɪˌneɪt] verb [intransitive] Word forms ruminate : present tense I/you/we/they ruminate he/she/it ruminates present participle ruminating past tense ruminated past participle ruminated 1) formal to think about something… …   English dictionary

• ruminate — verb (I) 1 formal to think for a long time about something (+ about/on etc): He sat ruminating on the answer he d been given. 2 technical if animals such as cows ruminate, they bring food back into their mouths from their stomachs and chew it… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• ruminate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. meditate, ponder; chew, chew the cud. See food, thought. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To chew the cud] Syn. rechew, masticate, regurgitate; see chew . 2. [To ponder] Syn. meditate on, contemplate,… …   English dictionary for students

• ruminate — verb we ruminated on the nature of existence Syn: think about, contemplate, consider, meditate on, muse on, mull over, ponder on/over, deliberate about/on, chew on, puzzle over; formal cogitate about …   Thesaurus of popular words

• ruminate — v 1. chew the cud, rechew, remasticate, Dial. rechaw; chew, masticate, Dial. chaw. 2. meditate, contemplate, cogitate; cerebrate, lucubrate, think, put on one s thinking cap, be abstracted, be lost in thought; concentrate, focus, put one s mind… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• ruminate — ru|mi|nate [ rumı,neıt ] verb intransitive 1. ) FORMAL to think about something very carefully 2. ) TECHNICAL if an animal ruminates, it brings food back from its stomach into its mouth and CHEWS it (=breaks it into small pieces with its teeth) a …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English