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RUMINATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("rumination" is a kind of...):
disgorgement; emesis; puking; regurgitation; vomit; vomiting (the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of ruminants) chewing (the cud)
Example:
ruminants have remarkable powers of rumination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("rumination" is a kind of...):
chew; chewing; manduction; mastication (biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow)
Derivation:
ruminate (chew the cuds)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A calm, lengthy, intent consideration
Synonyms:
contemplation; musing; reflection; reflexion; rumination; thoughtfulness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("rumination" is a kind of...):
consideration (the process of giving careful thought to something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rumination"):
cogitation; study (attentive consideration and meditation)
meditation; speculation (continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature)
meditation ((religion) contemplation of spiritual matters (usually on religious or philosophical subjects))
introspection; self-contemplation; self-examination (the contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct)
retrospect (contemplation of things past)
Derivation:
ruminate (reflect deeply on a subject)
