Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ruminate

In a ruminative way.

One who ruminates; one who meditates or reflects.

plural of ruminator

Of, relating to, or situated inside the rumen. / That chews the cud.

plural of rumination

The act of ruminating; i.e. chewing cud. / (figuratively) Deep thought or consideration. / (psychology) Negative cyclic thinking; persistent and recurrent worrying or brooding.

Chewing cud. / Pondering; ruminative.

(botany) Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.

An artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud, such as a cow or deer.