| VERB | consumption | ruminate | chew the cuds |
|---|---|---|---|
| cognition | ruminate, chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, speculate | reflect deeply on a subject / subject |
| Sounds | ruw'mihney.t | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | chew the cuds. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Model | The animals ruminate | |
| Example | "cows ruminate" | |
| Category | ruminant | Any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments |
| Broader | eat | take in solid food |
| Spanish | rumiar | |
| Adjectives | ruminant | related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud |
| Nouns | rumen | the first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant |
| ruminant | any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments | |
| rumination | (of ruminants) chewing (the cud) | |
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