'Rumination' definitions:
Definition of 'rumination'
From: WordNet
noun
A calm, lengthy, intent consideration [syn: contemplation, reflection, reflexion, rumination, musing, thoughtfulness]
noun
(of ruminants) chewing (the cud); "ruminants have remarkable powers of rumination"
noun
Regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding
Definition of 'Rumination'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Rumination is given to animals to enable them at once to lay up a great store of food, and afterward to chew it. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The state of being disposed to ruminate or ponder; deliberate meditation or reflection. [1913 Webster]
- Retiring full of rumination sad. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Physiol.) The regurgitation of food from the stomach after it has been swallowed, -- occasionally observed as a morbid phenomenon in man. [1913 Webster]