rumination

1. n. The act or process of ruminating, or chewing the cud; the habit of chewing the cud. Source: opted

2. n. The state of being disposed to ruminate or ponder; deliberate meditation or reflection. Source: opted

3. n. The regurgitation of food from the stomach after it has been swallowed, -- occasionally observed as a morbid phenomenon in man. Source: opted

4. n. a calm, lengthy, intent consideration Source: wordnet

5. n. (of ruminants) chewing (the cud) Source: wordnet

6. n. regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding Source: wordnet

7. 1. The act or process of ruminating, or chewing the cud; the habit of chewing the cud. Rumination is given to animals to enable them at once to lay up a great store of food, and afterward to chew it. Arbuthnot. 2. The state of being disposed to ruminate or ponder; deliberate meditation or reflection. Retiring full of rumination sad. Thomson. 3. (Physiol.) The regurgitation of food from the stomach after it has been swallowed, -- occasionally oberved as a morbid phenomenon in man. Source: webster

8. The regurgitation of food from the stomach after it has beenswallowed, -- occasionally oberved as a morbid phenomenon in man. Source: adambom

9. n:100 n. (of ruminants) chewing (the cud) n. regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding Source: ecdict

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