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Verb: ruminate  'roomu`neyt
  1. Chew the cuds
    "cows ruminate"
     
  2. Reflect deeply on a subject
    - chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, speculate

Derived forms: ruminating, ruminated, ruminates

See also: rumen, ruminant, rumination, ruminative, ruminator

Type of: cerebrate, cogitate, eat, think

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