v. 1 tr. & (foll. by over, on, etc.) intr. meditate, ponder. 2 intr. (of ruminants) chew the cud. rumination n. ruminative adj. ruminatively adv. ruminator n.
RUMINATE
Meaning of RUMINATE in English
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012