ruminate
to meditate or muse; ponder.
Psychology. to obsessively revisit the same thought or theme over and over again.
to chew again or over and over.
to meditate on; ponder.
Origin of ruminate
1Other words for ruminate
Other words from ruminate
- ru·mi·nat·ing·ly, adverb
- ru·mi·na·tion [roo-muh-ney-shuhn] /ˌru məˈneɪ ʃən/ noun
- ru·mi·na·tive, adjective
- ru·mi·na·tive·ly, adverb
- ru·mi·na·tor, noun
- non·ru·mi·nat·ing, adjective
- non·ru·mi·nat·ing·ly, adverb
- non·ru·mi·na·tive, adjective
- un·ru·mi·nat·ed, adjective
- un·ru·mi·nat·ing, adjective
- un·ru·mi·nat·ing·ly, adverb
- un·ru·mi·na·tive, adjective
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How to use ruminate in a sentence
Natalia comes around after a bit of ruminating to sappy music.
Even in the Pac Man arcades — perhaps especially there — he was ruminating about Auschwitz.
Whether she was ruminating about marriage, sex, being a parent, or aging, Diller was simply hilarious.
Phyllis Diller Dies at 95: The Comedian’s 20 Funniest Zingers | Maria Elena Fernandez | August 21, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe later sections show him ruminating less on the city and more on its citizens, and by extension, human nature itself.
Must Reads: Margot Livesey, Robert Walser and More | Wendy Smith, Malcolm Forbes, Jane Ciabattari | February 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTTake concrete steps aimed at addressing the problem that looms, rather than ruminating abstractly about what-if scenarios.
He went on, ruminating on the vain shadow, into which his over-heated ambition to act and to be distinguished, had involved him.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterI can see now the happy ruminating smile which came so often on my Uncle Antony's face in those latter months.
First Plays | A. A. MilneHe has but one stomach, does not ruminate, and is formed more like the horse than the ox, or other ruminating animals.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume VII (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonHe, indeed, was ruminating deeply upon Monella, who was every day—every hour almost—becoming a greater mystery to him.
The Devil-Tree of El Dorado | Frank AubreyRuminating thus, he essayed another door, which admitted him to a bedroom, where lay another harmonious slumberer.
Peveril of the Peak | Sir Walter Scott
British Dictionary definitions for ruminate
/ (ˈruːmɪˌneɪt) /
(of ruminants) to chew (the cud)
(when intr , often foll by upon, on, etc) to meditate or ponder (upon)
Origin of ruminate
1Derived forms of ruminate
- rumination, noun
- ruminative, adjective
- ruminatively, adverb
- ruminator, noun
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