ruminate
gb/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/ us/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
C1
Kiingereza
töpreng, rágódik, kérődzik
KITENZI
C1
FORMAL
1
Muundo wa matumizi:
ruminate (on/over) [something]
After the meeting, he went for a walk to ruminate on the feedback.
Az értekezlet után elment sétálni, hogy eltöprengjen a visszajelzésen.
She kept ruminating over her reply and ended up sending nothing.
Folyton a válaszán rágódott, és végül semmit sem küldött el.
It’s easy to ruminate on past mistakes, but it rarely helps.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
I ruminated on my choices all night.
Egész éjjel a döntéseimen töprengtem.
Try not to ruminate over small problems.
Próbálj meg nem rágódni apró problémákon.
Kosa la kawaida:
Don’t use it for quick decisions; it usually implies long, repeated thinking.
Maana
think deeply for a long time
Miunganiko ya maneno
ruminate on the past
|ruminate on a decision
|ruminate over a problem
|ruminate on what happened
|sit and ruminate
|lie awake ruminating
|quietly ruminate
|ruminate endlessly
|ruminate at length
|ruminate about mistakes
Visawe
ponder (Neutral and fairly formal; focuses on careful thought.)
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mull over (More conversational; suggests thinking something over repeatedly.)
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reflect (Often calmer and less stuck than ruminate.)
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brood (More negative; suggests gloomy, obsessive thinking.)
Vinyume
dismiss (To decide something is not worth thinking about further.)
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forget (To stop thinking about it altogether.)
Mada
thinking
|emotions
|mental_processes
Ufafanuzi
to think about something deeply for a long time
To think carefully and for a long time about something, often turning it over repeatedly in your mind.
KITENZI
C2
TECHNICAL
2
kérődzik
B2
Muundo wa matumizi:
[animal] ruminates
Cows often ruminate for hours each day.
A tehenek gyakran naponta órákon át kérődznek.
You can see the sheep ruminating quietly in the pasture.
Láthatod, ahogy a juhok csendben kérődznek a legelőn.
Deer may ruminate in a safe spot after feeding.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
Cows ruminate after they eat.
A tehenek evés után kérődznek.
Kosa la kawaida:
In everyday English, this meaning is much less common than the “think deeply” meaning.
Maana
chew cud (as some animals do)
Miunganiko ya maneno
ruminating animals
|cows ruminate
|sheep ruminate
|ruminate for hours
|stand ruminating
|ruminate in the field
Visawe
chew the cud (Common phrase for the same animal behavior.)
Vinyume
swallow (Opposite action of chewing; not bringing food back up to chew again.)
Mada
animals
|biology
|food
Ufafanuzi
(of some animals) to chew food again after swallowing it
(Of cattle, sheep, and similar animals) to bring partly digested food back up from the stomach and chew it again.
Sarufi
Umbo la kamusi
ruminate
IPA
GB/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
US/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
Silabi na mkazo
ru - min - ate (silabi 3)
Stress on 1st syllable (ru)
Maumbo ya neno
Verb
- Base: ruminate
- 3rd Person Singular: ruminates
- Present Participle: ruminating
- Past: ruminated
Semi
ruminate on [something]
1/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt ˈɔn sˈʌmθɪŋ/
fixed phrase
formal
think carefully about something
to think about something deeply for a long time
Mifano
- She ruminated on his comment all weekend.
- He sat by the window, ruminating on his next move.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- I ruminated on my exam results.
ruminate over [something]
1/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt ˈoʊvɚ sˈʌmθɪŋ/
fixed phrase
formal
turn something over in your mind
to keep thinking about something again and again
Mifano
- They ruminated over the offer before accepting it.
- I spent the whole train ride ruminating over the conversation.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- She ruminated over the decision.