0 past simple and past participle of ruminate
2 (of particular types of animal) to bring up food from the stomach and chew it again
Some children may have ruminated on the first test item that they could not label, perhaps persevering in an attempt to retrieve its name.
He ruminated on the possibility in a tone of loss, loss of cultured personhood.
We have ruminated on this issue for years.
Some found it more attractive the longer they ruminated on the idea.
Symptoms tend to cease when the ruminated contents become acidic.
