ponders

Verb

ponder (third-person singular simple present ponders, present participle pondering, simple past and past participle pondered)

1. To wonder, think of deeply.
   • Some days, the whole cast of crabs would come out of their holes and ponder at the Fishers as if a storm is taking form.2023, Sunil Santha, Climate Change, Small-Scale Fisheries, and Blue Justice: Fishscapes and Alternative Worldviews, Taylor and Francis
2. To consider (something) carefully and thoroughly.
   • I have spent days pondering the meaning of life.

   Synonyms:

   chew over, mull over

3. (obsolete) To weigh.

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