ruminate

1 of 1verb

/ˈruməneɪt/

Forms:ruminates,ruminating,ruminated,ruminated

1

to think carefully and at length about something

C2

She likes to ruminate on philosophical questions before bed.
He ruminates over every decision, weighing all possible outcomes.
The poet ruminated on love and loss while walking alone.
They ruminate on past mistakes to avoid repeating them.
I often ruminate on what success really means.

Synonyms:

muse chew over mull speculate think over mull over excogitate meditate ponder reflect contemplate

2

to chew food that has been regurgitated from the stomach, as done by certain animals like cows

The cow ruminates peacefully in the shade.
After grazing, the sheep settled down to ruminate.
You can tell the goat is healthy when it ruminates regularly.
The buffalo ruminated slowly, its jaw moving in circles.
That calf hasn't started to ruminate yet—it's still nursing.