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# ruminate

verb (ruminate, ruminates, ruminated, ruminating)

«ruminate» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To think deeply about something for a long time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ruminate/#m1)
2. (negative) To keep going over the same worries again and again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ruminate/#m2)
3. (science) Of cows, sheep and goats: to bring food back up from the stomach and chew it again, called chewing the cud. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ruminate/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science lessons, animals that ruminate (ruminants) have a stomach with four parts and chew the cud. In stories and reflection lessons it describes a character deep in thought. In mental health it names worry that goes round in circles; talking to someone helps. Phrases: «ruminate on», «ruminate about».

### Examples

- The cows lay in the field, ruminating. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ruminate/#x1)
- He ruminated on the riddle all evening. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ruminate/#x2)
- Try not to ruminate about one bad mark. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ruminate/#x3)
- Sheep and goats ruminate their food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ruminate/#x4)
- She ruminated over whether to tell the truth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ruminate/#x5)
- The old wizard ruminated by the fire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ruminate/#x6)

### Note

Formal for thinking. Regular verb: ruminated. Noun: «rumination»; animal noun: «ruminant». Used with «on», «about» or «over».

## In Jewish tradition

Here it means to think over or dwell on a matter at length.

**Interpretation.** Commentators on Sefer Yetzirah linked the number 32 with the 32 times God is called Elohim in the Creation chapter.

### Examples

- Although the number 32 is not ruminated upon any further after SY 1:1, subsequent commentaries have associated it with the 32 occurrences of the name אֱלֹהִים Elohim in \[Genesis 1\]. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/ruminate/#x1)

### Note

Formal for thinking. Regular verb: ruminated. Noun: «rumination»; animal noun: «ruminant». Used with «on», «about» or «over».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ruminate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ruminate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «ruminate» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/ruminate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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