ruminate

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verb

1. chew the cuds
- cows ruminate
• Derivationally related forms:
ruminant, rumination, rumen
• Topics:
ruminant
• Hypernyms:
eat
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- The animals ruminate
2. reflect deeply on a subject
- I mulled over the events of the afternoon
- philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years
- The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate
• Syn:
chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate,
contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, speculate
• Derivationally related forms:
speculative (for: speculate), speculation (for: speculate), ruminative, rumination, ruminator, muller (for: mull), reflective (for: reflect), muse (for: muse), muser (for: muse), musing (for: muse), contemplative (for: contemplate), contemplation (for: contemplate), excogitative (for: excogitate), ponderer (for: ponder), meditative (for: meditate), meditation (for: meditate)
• Hypernyms:
think, cogitate, cerebrate
• Hyponyms:
premeditate, theologize, theologise, introspect, bethink,
cogitate, wonder, question, puzzle, study, consider
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
- Somebody ----s something (for: think over)
- Somebody ----s something (for: chew over)