"ruminate" meaning in English

See ruminate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈrumɪneɪt/ Audio: en-us-ruminate.ogg [US], en-au-ruminate.ogg [Australia] Forms: ruminate [canonical], ruminates [third-person, singular], ruminated [past], ruminated [past, participle], ruminating [present, participle]
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  1. To ruminate is to think.
    Sense id: simple-ruminate-en-verb-vab-Mogr Categories (other): Verbs
  2. To ruminate is also to think about something.
    Sense id: simple-ruminate-en-verb-muPRavZu
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