ruminate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
chew the cuds
cows ruminate
Types & categories
- eat hypernym
Related & opposite
- rumination derivation
- ruminant derivation
- rumen derivation
- ruminant derivation
- ruminant domain topic
Sense 2 verb
reflect deeply on a subject
I mulled over the events of the afternoon
Types & categories
- cerebrate hypernym
- premeditate hyponym
- theologize hyponym
- introspect hyponym
- bethink hyponym
- cogitate hyponym
- wonder hyponym
- puzzle hyponym
- consider hyponym
Related & opposite
- rumination derivation
- meditation derivation
- muse derivation
- muser derivation
- inquisitive derivation
- reflective derivation
- musing derivation
- excogitative derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rumination |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ruminant |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rumen |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ruminant |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | ruminant |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | eat |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rumination |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | meditation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | muse |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | muser |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | inquisitive |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | reflective |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | musing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | excogitative |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | cerebrate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | premeditate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | theologize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | introspect |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bethink |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cogitate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wonder |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | puzzle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | consider |