English-Thai Dictionary

ruminate

VI ครุ่นคิด  คำนึง  ตรึกตรอง  ใคร่ครวญ  ponder reflect think krun-kid

 

ruminate

VI เคี้ยวเอื้อง  เคี้ยว ช้าๆ  chew over digest kiao-aung

 

ruminate

VT ครุ่นคิด  คำนึง  ตรึกตรอง  ใคร่ครวญ  ponder reflect think krun-kid

 

ruminate about / on / over / upon

PHRV ทบทวน  ไตร่ตรอง  คิด พิจารณา  reflect on tob-tuan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RUMINATE

v.i.[L. rumino, from rumen, the cud. ] 1. To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed. Oxen, sheep, deer, goats, camels, hares and squirrels ruminate in fact; other animals, as moles, bees, crickets, beetles, crabs, etc. only appear to ruminate.
The only animals endowed with the genuine faculty of rumination, are the Ruminantia, or cloven-hoofed quadrupeds, but the hare, although its stomach is differently organized, is an occasional and partial ruminant.
2. To muse; to meditate; to think again and again; to ponder. It is natural to ruminate on misfortunes.
He practices a slow meditation, and ruminates on the subject.

 

RUMINATE

v.t. 1. To chew over again.
2. To muse on; to meditate over and over again.
Mad with desire, she ruminates her sin.

 

RUMINATED

pp. Chewed again; mused on.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RUMINATE

Ru "mi *nate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ruminated; p. pr. & vb. n.Ruminating. ] Etym: [L. ruminatus, p.p. of ruminari, ruminare, fr. rumen, -inis, throat, akin to ructare to belch, erugere to belch out, Gr. roccettan.]

 

1. To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed. "Cattle free to ruminate. " Wordsworth.

 

2. Fig. : To think again and again; to muse; to meditate; to ponder; to reflect. Cowper. Apart from the hope of the gospel, who is there that ruminates on the felicity of heaven I. Taylor.

 

RUMINATE

RUMINATE Ru "mi *nate, v. t.

 

1. To chew over again.

 

2. Fig. : To meditate or ponder over; to muse on. Mad with desire, she ruminates her sin. Dryden. What I know Is ruminated, plotted, and set down. Shak.

 

RUMINATE; RUMINATED

RUMINATE; RUMINATED Ru "mi *nate, Ru "mi *na `ted, a. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ruminate

ru mi nate |ˈro͞oməˌnāt ˈruməˌneɪt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 think deeply about something: we sat ruminating on the nature of existence. 2 (of a ruminant ) chew the cud. DERIVATIVES ru mi na tion |ˌro͞oməˈnāSHən |noun, ru mi na tive |-ˌnātiv |adjective, ru mi na tive ly |-ˌnātivlē |adverb, ru mi na tor |-ˌnātər |noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin ruminat- ‘chewed over, ’ from the verb ruminari.

 

Oxford Dictionary

ruminate

ruminate |ˈruːmɪneɪt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 think deeply about something: we sat ruminating on the nature of existence. 2 (of a ruminant ) chew the cud. DERIVATIVES rumination |-ˈneɪʃ (ə )n |noun, ruminative |-nətɪv |adjective, ruminatively |-nətɪvli |adverb, ruminator noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin ruminat- ‘chewed over ’, from the verb ruminari.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

ruminate

ruminate verb we ruminated on the nature of existence: think about, contemplate, consider, meditate on, muse on, mull over, ponder on /over, deliberate about /on, chew on, puzzle over; formal cogitate about.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

ruminate

ruminate verb 1 we sat ruminating on the nature of existence: think about, contemplate, consider, give thought to, give consideration to, mull over, meditate on, muse on, ponder on /over, deliberate about /on, cogitate about /on, dwell on, brood on /over, agonize over, worry about, chew over, puzzle over; turn over in one's mind; archaic pore on. 2 cows emit more methane when they are ruminating: chew the cud.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

ruminate

ru mi nate /rúːmɪnèɪt /動詞 自動詞 1 〈動物が 〉反芻 （すう ）する .2 ｟かたく ｠〈人が 〉 «…について » 思い巡らす, 沈思する «about , on , over » ▸ She ruminated over what he said to her .彼女は彼が言ったことを沈思黙考した 他動詞 …を反芻する .