Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - ruminate
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(ruminates, ruminating, ruminated) 1. If you ruminate on something, you think about it very carefully. (FORMAL) He ruminated on the terrible wastage that typified American life... VERB: V on/about/over n 2. When animals ruminate, they bring food back from their stomach into their mouth and chew it again. (TECHNICAL) VERB ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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verb (-nated; -nating) Etymology: Latin ruminatus, past participle of ruminari to chew the cud, muse upon, from rumin-, rumen rumen; perhaps akin to Sanskrit romantha act of chewing the cud Date: 1533 transitive verb 1. to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly 2. to chew repeatedly for an extended period intransitive verb 1. to chew again what has been chewed slightly and swallowed ; chew the cud 2. to engage in contemplation ; reflect Synonyms: see ponder • rumination noun • ruminative adjective • ruminatively adverb • ruminator noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. 1 tr. & (foll. by over, on, etc.) intr. meditate, ponder. 2 intr. (of ruminants) chew the cud. Derivatives rumination n. ruminative adj. ruminatively adv. ruminator n. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. жевать жвачку 2. раздумывать, размышлять to ruminate (up)on (about, over) a project —- обдумывать проект ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) жевать жвачку 2) раздумывать, размышлять (over, of, on, about); Many valuable ideas have come through ruminating over various possibilities. Syn: see think ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1533, "to turn over in the mind," also "to chew cud" (1547), from L. ruminatus, pp. of ruminare "to chew the cud, turn over in the mind," from rumen (gen. ruminis) "gullet." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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