rumination
The act of pondering or meditating.
Latin
The act of pondering or meditating.
noun [ roo-muh-NAY-shuhn ]
The act of deeply thinking, reflecting, or meditating on a subject or idea for an extended period.
- 🖊️ During the lockdown, many found themselves in deep rumination about the future of humanity.
- 🖊️ In the quiet of the night, her rumination led her to profound insights.
- 🖊️ Hamlet's endless rumination on life and death drives the play's tragic momentum.
- 🖊️ During the lockdown, many found themselves in deep rumination about the future of humanity.
- 🖊️ In the quiet of the night, her rumination led her to profound insights.
- 🖊️ Hamlet's endless rumination on life and death drives the play's tragic momentum.
- 🤝 contemplation, reflection, meditation
- ⚔️ distraction, neglect, thoughtlessness
The process of chewing cud.
noun [ roo-muh-NAY-shuhn ]
In zoology, the process by which certain animals, such as cows, chew regurgitated food (cud) to aid in digestion.
- 🖊️ The scientist's rumination on the new data led to a groundbreaking discovery in quantum physics.
- 🖊️ As Hamlet pondered the meaning of life, his rumination mirrored the endless chewing of cud.
- 🖊️ In the quiet of the meadow, the cow's rumination was a meditative act, a slow dance of nature.
- 🖊️ As Hamlet pondered the meaning of life, his rumination mirrored the endless chewing of cud.
- 🖊️ The scientist's rumination on the new data led to a groundbreaking discovery in quantum physics.
- 🖊️ In the quiet of the meadow, the cow's rumination was a meditative act, a slow dance of nature.
- 🤝 chewing cud, regurgitation