He sat, ruminating about the events of the day, humming and eating peanuts.
•Let me ruminate on this a little bit.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
ruminate — [[t]ru͟ːmɪneɪt[/t]] ruminates, ruminating, ruminated 1) VERB If you ruminate on something, you think about it very carefully. [FORMAL] [V on/about/over n] He ruminated on the terrible wastage that typified American life... [V on/about/over n]… … English dictionary
ruminate — ► VERB 1) think deeply about something. 2) (of a ruminant) chew the cud. DERIVATIVES rumination noun ruminative adjective … English terms dictionary
ruminate — [ro͞o′mənāt΄] vt., vi. ruminated, ruminating [< L ruminatus, pp. of ruminare: see RUMINANT] 1. to chew (the cud), as a cow does 2. to turn (something) over in the mind; meditate (on) rumination n. ruminative adj. ruminatively adv. ruminator n … English World dictionary
ruminate — ru|mi|nate [ˈru:mıneıt] v [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of ruminare, from rumen [i] throat ] 1.) formal to think carefully and deeply about something ruminate on/over ▪ He sat alone, ruminating on the injustice of the world … Dictionary of contemporary English
ruminate — UK [ˈruːmɪneɪt] / US [ˈrumɪˌneɪt] verb [intransitive] Word forms ruminate : present tense I/you/we/they ruminate he/she/it ruminates present participle ruminating past tense ruminated past participle ruminated 1) formal to think about something… … English dictionary
ruminate — verb (I) 1 formal to think for a long time about something (+ about/on etc): He sat ruminating on the answer he d been given. 2 technical if animals such as cows ruminate, they bring food back into their mouths from their stomachs and chew it… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
ruminate — ru|mi|nate [ rumı,neıt ] verb intransitive 1. ) FORMAL to think about something very carefully 2. ) TECHNICAL if an animal ruminates, it brings food back from its stomach into its mouth and CHEWS it (=breaks it into small pieces with its teeth) a … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
ruminate — [ ru:mɪneɪt] verb 1》 think deeply about something. 2》 (of a ruminant) chew the cud. Derivatives rumination noun ruminative adjective ruminatively adverb ruminator noun Origin … English new terms dictionary
ruminate — [ˈruːmɪˌneɪt] verb [I] formal to think about something carefully … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
chew something over — MEDITATE ON, ruminate on, think about/over/through, mull over, consider, weigh up, ponder on, deliberate on, reflect on, muse on, dwell on, give thought to, turn over in one s mind; brood over, puzzle over, rack one s brains about; N. Amer. think … Useful english dictionary
think something over — CONSIDER, contemplate, deliberate about, weigh up, consider the pros and cons of, mull over, ponder, reflect on, muse on, ruminate on. → think * * * consider something carefully * * * ˌthink sthˈover derived to consider sth carefully, especially… … Useful english dictionary
