RUMINATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding

Classified under:

Hypernyms ("rumination" is a kind of...):

disgorgement; emesis; puking; regurgitation; vomit; vomiting (the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth)

Meaning:

(of ruminants) chewing (the cud)

Example:

ruminants have remarkable powers of rumination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("rumination" is a kind of...):

chew; chewing; manduction; mastication (biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow)

Derivation:

ruminate (chew the cuds)

Meaning:

A calm, lengthy, intent consideration

Synonyms:

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("rumination" is a kind of...):

consideration (the process of giving careful thought to something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rumination"):

cogitation; study (attentive consideration and meditation)

meditation; speculation (continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature)

meditation ((religion) contemplation of spiritual matters (usually on religious or philosophical subjects))

introspection; self-contemplation; self-examination (the contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct)

retrospect (contemplation of things past)

Derivation:

ruminate (reflect deeply on a subject)