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Definition

to think again and again about something; or to think about something in a sustained (continuing) manner

More rarely, ruminate can reference a digestion technique used by some kinds of animals such as cows in which they regurgitate food from the stomach and chew it again.

She had little time to ruminate.

ruminate = think again

I'm trying to break the habit of rumination and negative thinking.

rumination = thinking again and again about things

(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)

cows ruminate
...there is no other way but to meditate, and ruminate well upon the effects of anger, how it troubles man's life.
Bacon, Sir Francis -- The Essays
The entries in McCandless's journal contain few abstractions about wilderness or, for that matter, few ruminations of any kind.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild

ruminations = sustained thoughts

As they went down the steep slope Blore said to Lombard in a ruminating voice: "You know, it beats me-why that young fellow wanted to do himself in!"
Agatha Christie -- And Then There Were None

ruminating = thoughtful (as though thought over again and again)

He put away the soma bottle, and taking out a packet of sex-hormone chewing-gum, stuffed a plug into his cheek and walked slowly away towards the hangars, ruminating.
Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World

ruminating = thinking over something again and again

While reading up on his life in preparation for this award, I came upon a passage that he wrote that seemed particularly consistent with the themes I touched on earlier, themes I've been ruminating upon all year long.
R.J. Palacio -- Wonder

ruminating = thinking about again and again

He remained in this state of empty and peaceful rumination until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning.
Franz Kafka -- Metamorphosis

rumination = thinking again and again about something

Seeder quietly ruminates about how, back in District 11, everyone assumes President Snow is all-powerful.
Suzanne Collins -- Catching Fire

ruminates = thinks again and again about something

I was afraid I'd deliberate, ruminate, agonize, rationalize, and talk myself into not going.
Khaled Hosseini -- The Kite Runner

ruminate = think again and again about something

Stendabi ruminated. Night after night he...
Ray Bradbury -- The Martian Chronicles

ruminated = to think again and again about something; or to think about something in a sustained (continuing) manner

I pr'ythee, speak to me as to thy thinkings
As thou dost ruminate; and give thy worst of thoughts
The worst of words.
William Shakespeare -- Othello, the Moor of Venice

ruminate = think (perhaps think again and again)

then she plots, then she ruminates, then she devises;
William Shakespeare -- The Merry Wives of Windsor

ruminates = thinks again and again about something

While I've been ruminating on the availability of trees, Peeta has been struggling with how to maintain his identity.
Suzanne Collins -- The Hunger Games

ruminating = thinking again and again about something

'tis a studied, not a present thought, by duty ruminated.
William Shakespeare -- Antony and Cleopatra

ruminated = thought about again and again

what I know Is ruminated, plotted, and set down
William Shakespeare -- Henry IV, Part 1

ruminated = thought about — again and again

Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them.
Randy Pausch -- The Last Lecture

ruminate = to think again and again about something; or to think about something in a sustained (continuing) manner

They sat for a long time. The dark indian face ruminating. Reflective. As if the complexities of this piece of business dragged after it every sort of consequence.
Cormac McCarthy -- All the Pretty Horses

ruminating = thinking again re-thinking

That you may ruminate.
William Shakespeare -- The Two Gentlemen of Verona

ruminate = to think again and again about something; or to think about something in a sustained (continuing) manner

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