ruminate

equivalents

ruminated

synonyms

be abstracted

bite

brood

brood over

champ

chaw

chew

chew

chew over

chew the cud

chew up

chomp

chump

con over

consider

consider

contemplate

crunch

debate

deliberate

deliberate over

deliberate upon

digest

excogitate

gnash

gnaw

grind

gum

introspect

masticate

meditate

meditate

meditate upon

mouth

mull over

mumble

munch

muse

muse

muse on

muse over

nibble

perpend

play around with

play with

ponder

ponder

ponder over

reflect

reflect

hypernyms

eat

verb-forms

ruminated

ruminates

ruminating

etymologically-related-terms

rumen

ruminant

rumination