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ruminated

ruminated is the simple past and past participle of ruminate.

Meaning of ruminate

Verb

ruminate (third-person singular simple present ruminates, present participle ruminating, simple past and past participle ruminated)

  1. (intransitive) To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
    • A camel will ruminate just as a cow will.
  2. (intransitive) To meditate or reflect.
    • I didn't answer right away because I needed to ruminate first.
  3. (transitive) To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.
    • What I know / Is ruminated, plotted, and set down.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

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Adjective

ruminated (not comparable)

  1. ruminate

Words formed from ruminated

Questions about ruminated

What does ruminated mean?
Ruminated means ruminate.
What is ruminated the simple past and past participle of?
Ruminated is the simple past and past participle of ruminate.
What part of speech is ruminated?
Ruminated is an adjective.

Words near ruminated in the dictionary

  1. ruminant
  2. ruminant meat
  3. ruminantly
  4. ruminants
  5. ruminate
  6. ruminated
  7. ruminatedst
  8. ruminately
  9. ruminates
  10. ruminatest
  11. ruminateth

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