Dictionary Entry
ruminate
ruminate is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed.
- 2intransitive verb
To think again and again; to muse; to meditate; to ponder; to reflect.
- 3transitive verb
To chew over again.
- 4transitive verb
To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.
- 5adjective
Alt. of Ruminated
- 6verb
reflect deeply on a subject
"I mulled over the events of the afternoon"
"philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"
- 7verb
chew the cuds
"cows ruminate"
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