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Word entry · 8 letters

ruminate

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"Mull over"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹumɪneɪt/Part of speech verbSorted aeimnrtuStarts with REnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. reflect deeply on a subject

Word origin

First attested in 1533; borrowed from Latin rūminātus, perfect active participle of rūminor (“to chew the cud, turn over in the mind”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from rūmen (“the throat, gullet”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix), itself of uncertain origin.

Used in a sentence

  • A camel will ruminate just as a cow will.
  • I didn't answer right away because I needed to ruminate first.
  • Meanwhile, the MoT had itself also been ruminating on options for the northern half of the route.

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