Friday, September 26, 2008

RUMINATE

chew over and over

chew the cuds
"cows ruminate"

reflect deeply on a subject
SYN - chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, muse, ponder, reflect, speculate, think over

"He had really ruminated enough on the subject and had decided to leave it behind him and focus on the future."

"She had learned everything she could from the experience and so decided she no longer needed to ruminate about it."

"It had really bothered him that she refused to see the value or even the compulsion to ruminate about their relationship for even a split second before moving on."

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