Past tense of ruminate
regular verb
The past tense of ruminate is ruminated. The past participle is also ruminated.
Forms of ruminate
| Base form (V1) | ruminate /ˈɹumɪneɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | ruminated |
| Past participle (V3) | ruminated |
| Present participle | ruminating |
| Third person singular | ruminates |
Ruminated in a sentence
- My beer and a leather covered menu were placed at my elbow as I ruminated and my waiter stood silently beside the table while I sampled the beverage.2017, Wayne DePriest, Angeltown, page 20. From the entry meady
Meaning of ruminate
- verb To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
- verb To meditate or reflect.
- verb To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.
Questions about the past tense of ruminate
- What is the past tense of ruminate?
- The past tense of ruminate is ruminated.
- What is the past participle of ruminate?
- The past participle of ruminate is ruminated.
- Is ruminate a regular or irregular verb?
- Ruminate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ruminate (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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