RUMINATE
\ɹˈuːmɪnˌe͡ɪt], \ɹˈuːmɪnˌeɪt], \ɹ_ˈuː_m_ɪ_n_ˌeɪ_t]\
Definitions of RUMINATE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
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To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed.
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To think again and again; to muse; to meditate; to ponder; to reflect.
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To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.
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Alt. of Ruminated
By Oddity Software
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To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed.
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To think again and again; to muse; to meditate; to ponder; to reflect.
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To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.
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Alt. of Ruminated
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
By Daniel Lyons
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To pass the food from the stomach in order to chew it over again; to meditate; to think again and again; to muse on; to ponder over.
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In bot., applied to the hard albumen of some seeds presenting a mottled appearance, and full of chalky matter, like a nutmeg.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
