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Ruminate meaning

  1. To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
  2. To meditate or reflect.
  3. To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.

Synonyms of Ruminate

eat cogitate think speculate mull over mull reflect muse contemplate excogitate ponder meditate think over chew over cerebrate

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Using Ruminate

  • The main meaning on this page is: To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen. | To meditate or reflect. | To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.
  • Useful related words include: eat, cogitate, think, speculate.
  • Possible Dutch translations are: overdenken.
  • In the example corpus, ruminate often appears in combinations such as: to ruminate, ruminate on, ruminate over.

Context around Ruminate

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Ruminate

  • In this selection, "ruminate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, graze, folks, parents, upon and afterward stand out and add context to how "ruminate" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 2020 to ruminate on the and afternoon to ruminate. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "ruminate" sits close to words such as abdulai, abhinandan and abhor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with ruminate

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Mammals that both chew their cud ( ruminate ) and have cloven hooves can be kosher. (14 words)

In summer, the doe, her fawn, and the buck all hide during the afternoon to ruminate. (16 words)

I once heard an immigration attorney ruminate that ideally, there would be no need for them. (16 words)

Then, with a life-like gait of hooved feet and legs, they move forward with a steady gait as if they are strolling down a street in Benares before stopping to graze, ruminate and observe you with their expressive long-lashed eyes. (42 words)

Something says Scott and company will provide an update in July at football media day in Hollywood but until then the conference will have to ruminate on this rare bit of good news for the league’s coffers. (38 words)

It feels pretentious for an artist in 2020 to ruminate on the pleasures of learning to fish or the pure joy of sipping beer cans by the lake considering all the trauma that embroils everyday life. (36 words)

Do you experience brain pain when you try to ruminate over why people who live in homes with walls don't wanna build walls for outside that cost billions of dollars? (31 words)

Example sentences (20)

At any given moment, she can ruminate at length over Friday Night Lights, the University of Michigan, and the perfect slice of pizza.

Then, with a life-like gait of hooved feet and legs, they move forward with a steady gait as if they are strolling down a street in Benares before stopping to graze, ruminate and observe you with their expressive long-lashed eyes.

While you ruminate on your history, check in with the spirits of your ancestors and departed allies to see if they have any inspirational messages for you.

A crash course or a refresher depending on your acquaintance with the dance form, Rajika also put forth questions to ruminate upon.

It feels pretentious for an artist in 2020 to ruminate on the pleasures of learning to fish or the pure joy of sipping beer cans by the lake considering all the trauma that embroils everyday life.

You don’t often hear folks ruminate about a 1935 Bronk Nagurski card, or a ’51 Dolph Schayes.

A family is sitting at the kitchen table, the children eating breakfast as their parents ruminate over a classified advertisement published in the morning's Otago Daily Times.

Future baseball scholars will ruminate on a man who became an unlikely celebrity toward the end of a 15-year major league career spent almost entirely as a backup catcher.

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In summer, the doe, her fawn, and the buck all hide during the afternoon to ruminate.

I’ve had many years to ruminate on how I fell into Harvey’s trap, and the best way to understand it is through the four power dynamics of gender, race, seniority and wealth.

Regardless, this production directed by one of California’s finest director’s is ‘great theatre’ to see, enjoy, and ruminate afterward about its veracity.

Something says Scott and company will provide an update in July at football media day in Hollywood but until then the conference will have to ruminate on this rare bit of good news for the league’s coffers.

When I foresee all these things and begin to ruminate or to think over them, I will become worried.

Do you experience brain pain when you try to ruminate over why people who live in homes with walls don't wanna build walls for outside that cost billions of dollars?

I once heard an immigration attorney ruminate that ideally, there would be no need for them.

Sounds like not, so be quiet and stand in the corner of the room and ruminate over how dumb and unAmerican you are.

These are the type of games that will ask you to ruminate on the futility of war and then immediately have you sneak past a guard underneath a cardboard box.

You can’t ruminate over shit you’ve done or else you’ll end up utterly paralyzed.

Depressed people may be preoccupied with, or ruminate over, thoughts and feelings of worthlessness, inappropriate guilt or regret, helplessness, hopelessness, and self-hatred.

Mammals that both chew their cud ( ruminate ) and have cloven hooves can be kosher.

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Common combinations with ruminate

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "ruminate" in a sentence?
An example: "At any given moment, she can ruminate at length over Friday Night Lights, the University of Michigan, and the perfect slice of pizza." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "ruminate" from authentic English texts.
What does "ruminate" mean?
Ruminate means: To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
What are synonyms of "ruminate"?
Common synonyms of "ruminate" include: eat, cogitate, think, speculate, mull over, mull, reflect, muse. Plus 7 more synonyms.
What is "ruminate" in Dutch?
"ruminate" translates to Dutch as: overdenken.
How many example sentences with "ruminate" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "ruminate", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.