act of regurgitating food and re-chewing it, act of chewing cud; thought, reflection, meditation
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Rumination Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The state of being disposed to ruminate or ponder; deliberate meditation or reflection.
The state of being disposed to ruminate or ponder; deliberate meditation or reflection.
(n.)
The regurgitation of food from the stomach after it has been swallowed, -- occasionally observed as a morbid phenomenon in man.
The regurgitation of food from the stomach after it has been swallowed, -- occasionally observed as a morbid phenomenon in man.
(n.)
The act or process of ruminating, or chewing the cud; the habit of chewing the cud.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutThe act or process of ruminating, or chewing the cud; the habit of chewing the cud.
rumination
\ru`mi*na"tion\ (?), n. [l. ruminatio: cf. f. rumination.]
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.
2. the state of being disposed to ruminate or ponder; deliberate meditation or reflection. retiring full of rumination sad.
3. (physiol.) the regurgitation of food from the stomach after it has been swallowed, -- occasionally observed as a morbid phenomenon in man.
rumination
n
1. a calm lengthy intent consideration [syn: contemplation, meditation, reflection, reflexion, musing, thoughtfulness]
2. regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding
Noun
1. a calm lengthy intent consideration
(synonym) contemplation, reflection, reflexion, musing, thoughtfulness
(hypernym) consideration
(hyponym) cogitation, study
(derivation) chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
2. (of ruminants) chewing (the cud); "ruminants have remarkable powers of rumination"
(hypernym) chew, chewing, mastication, manduction
(derivation) ruminate
3. regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding
(hypernym) vomit, vomiting, emesis, regurgitation, disgorgement, puking
Rumination Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Rumination may refer to:
Digestive rumination
- In animals, rumination is a part of normal digestion, in which the animal (known as a ruminant) brings up swallowed food (usually grass or hay), chews it, and swallows it. This aids the animal by allowing it to eat quickly and chew later while it is resting.
- In humans, rumination syndrome is a generally involuntary eating disorder characterized by the regurgitation of recently ingested food without retching
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