Chew+the+cud
111meditate — I. v. a. 1. Plan, contrive, devise, scheme, concoct, intend, purpose, design. 2. Contemplate, study, chew, ruminate, think on, reflect upon, revolve in the mind, turn over in the mind, dwell intently upon, chew the cud upon. II. v. n. Muse,… …
112ruminate — v.i. chew the cud; ponder. ♦ ruminant, n. & a. (animal) that chews the cud; pondering. ♦ rumination, n. ♦ ruminative, a …
113ponder — Synonyms and related words: appraise, back down, balance, be abstracted, brood, brood over, chaw, chew over, chew the cud, cogitate, con over, consider, contemplate, debate, deliberate, deliberate over, deliberate upon, demur, digest, dwell,… …
114ruminate — [c]/ˈruməneɪt / (say roohmuhnayt) verb (ruminated, ruminating) –verb (i) 1. to chew the cud, as a ruminant. 2. to meditate or muse; ponder. –verb (t) 3. to chew again. 4. to meditate on; ponder: to ruminate the possibility of defeat. –phrase 5.… …
115ruminate — ruminatingly, adv. rumination, n. ruminative, adj. ruminatively, adv. ruminator, n. /rooh meuh nayt /, v., ruminated, ruminating. v.i. 1. to chew the cud, as a ruminant. 2. to …
116ruminate — ru·mi·nate rü mə .nāt vi, nat·ed; nat·ing 1) to chew again what has been chewed slightly and swallowed: chew the cud 2) to engage in contemplation …
117meditate — Synonyms and related words: be abstracted, brood, brood over, cerebrate, chaw, chew over, chew the cud, cogitate, con over, conceive, consider, contemplate, debate, deliberate, deliberate over, deliberate upon, design, devise, digest, envisage,… …
118muse — Synonyms and related words: Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Parnassian, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, Walter Mitty, absence of mind, absentmindedness, absorption, abstractedness, abstraction, allude to, artistic imagination, bard,… …
119reflect — Synonyms and related words: act like, adumbrate, affect, allude to, arch, assume, attract, be abstracted, bend, bend back, blurt, blurt out, body forth, borrow, bounce back, bow, bring, bring back, bring to light, bring to mind, brood, brood over …
120ruminate — [ ru:mɪneɪt] verb 1》 think deeply about something. 2》 (of a ruminant) chew the cud. Derivatives rumination noun ruminative adjective ruminatively adverb ruminator noun Origin …
