definition of
ruminate

[1] #1 ruminate v. chew the cuds; "cows ruminate". wn

[2] #2 ruminate v. [chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, speculate] reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate". wn