rumination : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: rumination	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for rumination
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rumination n a calm, lengthy, intent consideration [syn: contemplation, reflection, reflexion, rumination, musing, thoughtfulness] (of ruminants) chewing (the cud); "ruminants have remarkable powers of rumination" regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rumination \Ru`mina"tion\, n. [L. ruminatio: cf. F. rumination.] 1. The act or process of ruminating, or chewing the cud; the habit of chewing the cud. Rumination* is given to animals to enable them at once to lay up a great store of food, and afterward to chew it. --Arbuthnot. 2. The state of being disposed to ruminate or ponder; deliberate meditation or reflection. Retiring full of rumination sad. --Thomson. 3. (Physiol.) The regurgitation of food from the stomach after it has been swallowed, -- occasionally observed as a morbid phenomenon in man.