rumination
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
Types & categories
- consideration hypernym
- cogitation hyponym
- meditation hyponym
- meditation hyponym
- introspection hyponym
- retrospect hyponym
Related & opposite
- muse derivation
- contemplate derivation
- meditate derivation
- contemplate derivation
- thoughtful derivation
Sense 2 noun
(of ruminants) chewing (the cud)
ruminants have remarkable powers of rumination
Types & categories
- chewing hypernym
Related & opposite
- ruminate derivation
Sense 3 noun
regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding
Types & categories
- vomiting hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | muse |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | contemplate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | meditate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | contemplate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | thoughtful |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | consideration |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cogitation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | meditation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | meditation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | introspection |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | retrospect |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ruminate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | chewing |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | vomiting |