meaning of ruminate
1.  To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed. 
2.  To think again and again; to muse; to meditate;  to ponder; to reflect. 
3.  To chew over again. 
4.  To meditate or ponder over; to muse on. 
5.  Alt.  of Ruminated
6.  reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to 
						">excogitate"
						 
