ruminate

verb · adjectiveB1

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

ruminates

V_ing/Gerund

ruminating

V_ed/pp

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1.
(intransitive)To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
A camel will ruminate just as a cow will.
2.
(intransitive)To meditate or reflect.
I didn't answer right away because I needed to ruminate first.
3.
(transitive)To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.

Tính từ

adjective

1.
(not comparable)(botany) Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.
a ruminate endosperm

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Nguồn gốc từ

1533; Latin rūminātus, perfect active participle of rūminor (to chew the cud, turn over in the mind) (see -ate), from rūmen + -ō, itself of uncertain origin.