Both Uses of
ruminate
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- 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.†
Chpt 2.14
- "Gone deaf in an hour?" said Mr. Cruncher, ruminating, with his mind much disturbed; "wot's come to her?"†
Chpt 3.14 *
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.