Origin: Latin
suffix -ate
Ruminate has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
Verb
1
chew the cuds
"cows ruminate"
2
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"
3
To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
Adjective
1
Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.
Example Sentences
"cows ruminate"
verb
"I mulled over the events of the afternoon"
verb
"philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"
verb
"The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"
verb
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