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I'm a pondering person
brain and wit razor sharp.
both alone and with somebody.
Do I forget to do somethings?
A solid yes there.

10/27/22

Never in a hurry.
Ruminating my cud.

Synonyms for ruminate
Synonyms

chew over, cogitate, consider, contemplate, debate, deliberate, entertain, eye, kick around, meditate, mull (over), perpend, ponder, pore (over), question, revolve, study, think (about or over), turn, weigh, wrestle (with)
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PONDER, MEDITATE, MUSE, RUMINATE mean to consider or examine attentively or deliberately. PONDER implies a careful weighing of a problem or, often, prolonged inconclusive thinking about a matter. pondered the course of action MEDITATE implies a definite focusing of one’s thoughts on something so as to understand it deeply. meditated on the meaning of life MUSE suggests a more or less focused daydreaming as in remembrance. mused upon childhood joys RUMINATE implies going over the same matter in one’s thoughts again and again but suggests little of either purposive thinking or rapt absorption. ruminated on past disappointments

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When you ruminate, you chew something over, either literally or figuratively. Literal rumination may seem a little gross to humans, but to cows, chewing your cud (that’s partially digested food brought up from the stomach for another chew) is just a natural part of life. Figurative ruminating is much more palatable to humans; that kind of deep, meditative thought is often deemed quite a worthy activity. The verb ruminate has described metaphorical chewing over since the early 1500s and actual chewing since later that same century. Our English word derives from and shares the meanings of the Latin ruminari, which in turn derives from rumen, the Latin name for the first stomach compartment of ruminant animals (that is, creatures like cows that chew their cud).

Examples of ruminate in a Sentence
The question got us ruminating on the real value of wealth.
He ruminated over the implications of their decision.
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First Known Use of ruminate
1533, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

History and Etymology for ruminate
Latin ruminatus, past participle of ruminari to chew the cud, muse upon, from rumin-, rumen rumen; perhaps akin to Sanskrit romantha act of chewing the cud

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