ruminate

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Synonyms: ruinate, luminate, ruminative, culminate, dominate, fulminate, ruminant, acuminate, seminate, ominate, nominate

Antonyms: ruinate, luminate, ruminative, culminate, dominate, fulminate, ruminant, acuminate, seminate, ominate, nominate

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Verb

1. To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
   • A camel will ruminate just as a cow will.
2. To meditate or reflect.
   • I didn't answer right away because I needed to ruminate first.
3. To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.

Adjective

1. Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.
   • a ruminate endosperm

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