ruminated in English

verb

1

think deeply about something.

we sat ruminating on the nature of existence

2

(of a ruminant) chew the cud.

As the cattle paddle, ruminant and ruminating , sociably fussing with flank to flank, they occasionally raise prying muzzles to the horizon where, spectral in the mist and distance out at sea, boats swing to the wind.

synonyms: think about, contemplate, consider, meditate on, muse on, mull over, ponder on/over, deliberate about/on, chew on, puzzle over, cogitate about

verb

• think about, contemplate, consider, meditate on, muse on, mull over, ponder on/over, deliberate about/on, chew on, puzzle over, cogitate about
• meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, contemplate, chew over, excogitate, reflect, speculate, think over

Use "ruminated" in a sentence

1. 12 What sort of life was that, Sandra ruminated.

2. 11 Glover ruminated silently in a different direction.

3. Glover ruminated silently in a different direction.

4. He ruminated on the terrible wastage that typified American life.

5. 9 He ruminated over various possibilities concerning his future.

6. 5 He ruminated over various possibilities concerning his future.

7. 26 She could surely be real sweet when she tried, he ruminated.

8. 9 He ruminated on the terrible wastage that typified American life.

9. 11 He ruminated on his defenses before he should accost her father.

10. 3 She ruminated for weeks about whether to tell him or not.

11. 27 There never was a time when I had not ruminated on these questions.

12. 17 As we ruminated, suddenly into our midst burst a young girl visibly in distress.

13. Sitting furtively with my contraband, I ruminated on whether addiction itself is considered the moral problem.

14. 16 Mitchell ruminated on the hideous milky flesh, thinking, I am going to eat that octopus.

15. Mitchell ruminated on the hideous milky flesh, thinking, I am going to eat that octopus.

16. Synonyms for Brooded on include cogitated, considered, contemplated, deliberated, meditated, pondered, ruminated, mulled over, mused and reflected

17. 13 Sitting furtively with my contraband, I ruminated on whether addiction itself is considered the moral problem.

18. He ruminated on the idea and nervously plucked a cigarette from the green onyx box beside the telephone.

19. 14 He ruminated on the idea and nervously plucked a cigarette from the green onyx box beside the telephone.

20. Cruncher, Apostrophising himself his usual way, “you see that there Cly that day, and you see with your own eyes that he was a young ’un and a straight made ’un.” Having smoked his pipe out, and ruminated a little longer, he turned himself about, that he might appear before the hour of closing, on his station at Tellson’s