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# ruminate

«ruminate» in Mova's school dictionary: **To think deeply about something for a long time** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (ruminate, ruminates, ruminated, ruminating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To think deeply about something for a long time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ruminate/#m1)

2) (negative) To keep going over the same worries again and again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ruminate/#m2)

3) (science) Of cows, sheep and goats: to bring food back up from the stomach and chew it again, called chewing the cud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ruminate/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons, animals that ruminate (ruminants) have a stomach with four parts and chew the cud. In stories and reflection lessons it describes a character deep in thought. In mental health it names worry that goes round in circles; talking to someone helps. Phrases: «ruminate on», «ruminate about».

### examples

- The cows lay in the field, ruminating. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ruminate/#x1)
- He ruminated on the riddle all evening. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ruminate/#x2)
- Try not to ruminate about one bad mark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ruminate/#x3)
- Sheep and goats ruminate their food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ruminate/#x4)
- She ruminated over whether to tell the truth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ruminate/#x5)
- The old wizard ruminated by the fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ruminate/#x6)

### note

Formal for thinking. Regular verb: ruminated. Noun: «rumination»; animal noun: «ruminant». Used with «on», «about» or «over».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ruminate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ruminate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.