Crossword clues for ruminated
ruminated
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ruminate \Ru"mi*nate\, Ruminated \Ru"mi*na`ted\, a. (Bot.) Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.
Ruminate \Ru"mi*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ruminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Ruminating.] [L. ruminatus, p. p. of ruminari, ruminare, fr. rumen, -inis, throat, akin to ructare to belch, erugere to belch out, Gr. ?, AS. roccettan.]
To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed. ``Cattle free to ruminate.''
--Wordsworth.-
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.
Wiktionary
(context botany English) ruminate v
(en-past of: ruminate)
Usage examples of "ruminated".
What we ought to do, he ruminated, is knock over one of those dump trucks.
Once the holo-scanners were mounted in place, he ruminated, there would be very little sabotage or attacks against him.
She ruminated upon the words of Theodore, and, the more she considered them, the more she was perplexed.
For all his strange appearance and undoubtedly altered sexuality, he was a man, ruminated Reith, derived from the same soil as himself.
In the process, Reith ruminated, she had discarded her old personality, but had not yet discovered a new one .
He ruminated a little with a most disturbed expression of face, and left the room in search of Mary.
Glaub ruminated as to the possible uses that this information could be put to.