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Rumination

Rumination Meaning & Definition
Rumination Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Rumination?

[n] regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding
[n] (of ruminants) chewing (the cud); "ruminants have remarkable powers of rumination"
[n] a calm lengthy intent consideration

Synonyms | Synonyms for Rumination: contemplation | musing | reflection | reflexion | thoughtfulness

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See Also | chew | chewing | cogitation | consideration | disgorgement | emesis | introspection | manduction | mastication | meditation | omphaloskepsis | puking | regurgitation | retrospect | self-contemplation | self-examination | speculation | study | vomit | vomiting

Rumination In Webster's Dictionary

\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. Rumination is given to animals to enable them at once to lay up a great store of food, and afterward to chew it. --Arbuthnot. 2. The state of being disposed to ruminate or ponder; deliberate meditation or reflection. Retiring full of rumination sad. --Thomson. 3. (Physiol.) The regurgitation of food from the stomach after it has been swallowed, -- occasionally observed as a morbid phenomenon in man.

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