What is "ruminates"

Usage examples of "ruminates".

In this strange capricornian condition of embryosis God the he-goat ruminates in stolid bliss among the mountain peaks.

He sits and ruminates for fifteen minutes and then he pays me a lovely compliment.

Then he ruminates for another fifteen minutes and cooks up another fine thing.

The large ruminant ruminates every word in the twelfth bay from the left: "The Alemannic Stockingcap is capping between Todtnau and Freidburg.