verb🔗ShareTo chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen."A camel will ruminate just as a cow will."animalbiologyphysiologyfoodagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo meditate or reflect."Before making a decision about her job offer, she spent some time ruminating on the pros and cons. "mindphilosophybeingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo meditate or ponder over; to muse on."After a stressful day at work, she ruminated on the difficult project for hours before going to sleep. "mindphilosophybeingsoulprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareHaving 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"fruitbiologyplantseedChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
