RUMINATE


Meaning of RUMINATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ru:mɪneɪt ]

( ruminates, ruminating, ruminated)

1.

If you ruminate on something, you think about it very carefully. ( FORMAL )

He ruminated on the terrible wastage that typified American life...

VERB : V on/about/over n

2.

When animals ruminate , they bring food back from their stomach into their mouth and chew it again. ( TECHNICAL )

VERB

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