ruminate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ruminate	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for ruminate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ruminate v chew the cuds; "cows ruminate" 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" Synonym(s): chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ruminate \Ru"minate\, Ruminated \Ru"mina`ted\, a. (Bot.) Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ruminate \Ru"mi*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ruminated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ruminating}.] [L. ruminatus, p. p. of ruminari, ruminare, fr. rumen, -inis, throat, akin to ructare to belch, erugere to belch out, Gr. [?], AS. roccettan.] 1. To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed. [bd]Cattle free to ruminate.[b8] --Wordsworth. 2. Fig.: To think again and again; to muse; to meditate; to ponder; to reflect. --Cowper. Apart from the hope of the gospel, who is there that ruminates on the felicity of heaven? --I. Taylor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ruminate \Ru"mi*nate\, v. t. 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.