rumination

Noun
Synonyms: contemplationreflectionreflexionmusingthoughtfulness

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. a calm, lengthy, intent considerationSynonyms: contemplationreflectionreflexionmusingthoughtfulness
  2. (of ruminants) chewing (the cud)“ruminants have remarkable powers of rumination”
  3. regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Rumination \Ru`mi*na"tion\, n. [L. ruminatio: cf. F. rumination.]

1.The act or process of ruminating, or chewing the cud; the habit of chewing the cud. [1913 Webster]

Rumination is given to animals to enable them at once to lay up a great store of food, and afterward to chew it.— Arbuthnot.[1913 Webster]

2.The state of being disposed to ruminate or ponder; deliberate meditation or reflection. [1913 Webster]

Retiring full of rumination sad.— Thomson.[1913 Webster]

3.(Physiol.) The regurgitation of food from the stomach after it has been swallowed, -- occasionally observed as a morbid phenomenon in man. [1913 Webster]

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