ruminate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

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.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹumɪneɪt/ en-us-ruminate.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ruminate.wav en-au-ruminate.ogg /ˈɹuːmɪnət/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ruminate2.wav /ˈɹumənət/

Word forms

ruminate ruminates ruminating ruminated no-table-tags glossary ruminatest ruminatedst ruminateth

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

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Related words

Derived words

ruminative ruminator ruminately

Translations

Armenian: խորհրդածել Bulgarian: размишлявам Czech: přemítat Czech: hloubat Czech: rozebírat Dutch: overdenken Finnish: märehtiä French: ruminer German: grübeln Greek: σκέφτομαι Hungarian: rágódik Hungarian: mereng Hungarian: elmélkedik Māori: whakaraupeka Norwegian: tygge på Polish: zastanawiać się Polish: zastanowić się Polish: myśleć Polish: pomyśleć Portuguese: ruminar Portuguese: remoer Romanian: rumega (o idee) Scottish Gaelic: cnuasaich Spanish: rumiar Spanish: rebinar Spanish: cavilar Ukrainian: роздумувати Ukrainian: розмірковувати

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