ruminating 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 "ruminating" in a sentence

1. 4 He sat there ruminating and picking at the tablecloth.

2. 7 He is ruminating on what had happened the day before.

3. 10 He sat alone, ruminating on the injustice of the world.

4. His sister went away ruminating on this oracular speech of his.

5. 8 He sat by the window ruminating on recent underground accidents.

6. It moves us, I think, toward ruminating self-servingly and writing Bleatingly

7. 15 I was ruminating on his chances when my phone rang in the hallway.

8. Cud definition is - food brought up into the mouth by a ruminating animal from its rumen to be chewed again

9. Animals that “chew the Cud” (also called “ruminating” animals) are mentioned in (Lev 11:3-26) and (Deut 14:6-8).

10. A lil gem of an Iranian short, ruminating on a big issue– borders, their oppressive visuality + their Animalising effect on migrating human bodies

11. At one end a ruminating tar was still further adorning it with his jack- knife, stooping over and diligently working away at the space between his legs.

12. Beeves "(an old English plural of the word beef), a name applicable to" "all ruminating animals except camels, and especially to the" "Bovidce, or horned cattle (Lev

13. Beeves (an old English plural of the word beef), a name applicable to all ruminating animals except camels, and especially to the Bovidce, or horned cattle ( Leviticus 22:19 Leviticus 22:21; Numbers 31:28 Numbers 31:30 Numbers 31:33 Numbers 31:38 Numbers 31:44)