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ruminates

ruminates is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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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What is ruminates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Ruminates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ruminate.

Words near ruminates in the dictionary

  1. ruminants
  2. ruminate
  3. ruminated
  4. ruminatedst
  5. ruminately
  6. ruminates
  7. ruminatest
  8. ruminateth
  9. ruminating
  10. ruminatingly
  11. ruminatings

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