ruminate

Etymology
1533, "to turn over in the mind," also "to chew cud" (1547), from, perfect active participle of , from , of uncertain origin.

Verb

 * 1)  To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
 * 2)  To meditate or reflect.
 * 3)  To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.
 * 1)  To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.
 * 1)  To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.
 * 1)  To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:ponder
 * Or Thesaurus:think

Translations

 * Arabic: اجْتَرَّ
 * Moroccan Arabic: جر
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: aroamig
 * Assamese: পাগুলা
 * Bulgarian: преживям, предъвквам,
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 反芻
 * Hakka: 倒草
 * Hokkien: 翻草
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: přežvykovat
 * Danish: drøvtygge, tygge drøv
 * Dutch:
 * Faroese: jótra
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Alemannic German: beibe
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: jórtra
 * Italian:
 * Latin: rūmīnō
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: tygge drøv, drøvtygge
 * Nynorsk: jorte, ørte
 * Persian: ژاویدن
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Quechua: kutipakuy
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: жева́ть жва́чку
 * Scottish Gaelic: cnuasaich, ath-chagainn
 * Seko Tengah: prežúvať
 * Slovak: prežúvať
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tashelhit: ⴼⴰⵥⵥ
 * Telugu:
 * Ukrainian: ремиґати, ремигати
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh: cilgnoi


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:, hloubat, rozebírat
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Maori: whakaraupeka
 * Norwegian: tygge på
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: (o idee)
 * Scottish Gaelic: cnuasaich
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian: роздумувати, розмірковувати

Adjective

 * 1)  Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.
 * a ruminate endosperm