Definitions
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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Mull over”8 letters
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