Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: rumination
IPA transcription: [ɹ,umɪn'eɪʃən]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: rumination
    Meaning: regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding
  • Synonyms: rumination
    Meaning: (of ruminants) chewing (the cud); "ruminants have remarkable powers of rumination"
  • Synonyms: contemplation, reflection, reflexion, rumination, musing, thoughtfulness
    Meaning: a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
Usage examples
  • It does not bear talking of." And for a little while she hoped he would not talk of it, and that a silent rumination might suffice to restore him to the relish of his own smooth gruel.
  • It is a melancholy of mine own, compounded of many simples, extracted from many objects, and indeed the sundry contemplation of my travels, in which my often rumination wraps me in a most humorous sadness.