The Only Use of
ruminate
in
Brave New World
- 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.
p. 60.9ruminating = thinking
Definitions:
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(1)
(ruminate) to think about something -- especially in a sustained manner; or to think again and again about something in an unhelpful manner
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
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.