ruminating
ruminating is the present participle and gerund of ruminate.
Meaning of ruminate
Verb
ruminate (third-person singular simple present ruminates, present participle ruminating, simple past and past participle ruminated)
- To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
- A camel will ruminate just as a cow will.
- To meditate or reflect.
- I didn't answer right away because I needed to ruminate first.
- 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...
Noun
ruminating (plural ruminatings)
- An act of pondering over, meditation, or reflection.
- These sketches indicate ruminatings mysterious to us.2012, David Rooks, A Still Moon and Stars: Early Columns, and More
Forms of ruminating
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Words formed from ruminating
Questions about ruminating
- What does ruminating mean?
- Ruminating means an act of pondering over, meditation, or reflection.
- What is ruminating the present participle and gerund of?
- Ruminating is the present participle and gerund of ruminate.
- What part of speech is ruminating?
- Ruminating is a noun.
- What is the plural of ruminating?
- The plural of ruminating is ruminatings.
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