
1) Bethink 2) Chew 3) Cogitate 4) Cud 5) Introspect 6) Meditate 7) Ponder 8) Pore 9) Think
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1) Chew over 2) Chew over, ponder on 3) Chew the cud 4) Chew the cuds 5) Contemplate 6) Eat like an animal 7) Muse 8) Ponder 9) Reflect deeply on a subject 10) Think things over 11) To meditate or ponder over 12) To meditate or reflect 13) To muse on
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seemingly chewed on
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• (v. t.) To chew over again. • (a.) Alt. of Ruminated • (v. i.) To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed. • (v. i.) To think again and again; to muse; to meditate; to ponder; to reflect. • (v. t.) To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.
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To chew cud.
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<plant biology> Mottled in appearance, for example of bark, or of the food reserves in a seed. ... (17 Dec 1997) ...
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Ru'mi·nate intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Ruminated ;
present participle & verbal noun Ruminating .] [ Latin
ruminatus , past participle of
ruminari ,
ruminare , from
rumen ,
-inis ,...
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Ru'mi·nate transitive verb 1. To chew over again.
2. Fig.: To meditate or ponder over; to muse on. « Mad with desire, she
ruminates her sin.»
Dryden. « What I know Is
ruminated , plotted, and set down.»
Shak. Found on
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seemingly chewed on
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The term 'ruminate' refers to ruminant animals.
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[
v] - (of ruminants) chew the cuds
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ruminate, ruminating 1. To think carefully, and at length, about something. 2. To turn a matter (subject) over and over in the mind. 3. To partially regurgitate partially digested food and to chew it again; referring to ruminants (various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four; or occasionally three, compartments; such as, ...
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[SAT terms] reflect deeply on a subject
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