Ruminate
verb
To think carefully and for a long period about something.
He ruminated over the implications of their decision
Often appears as...
- ruminate about something
- ruminate on something
verb
In animals, to chew the cud.
The cow ruminated its food
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To think carefully and for a long period about something.
He ruminated over the implications of their decision
Often appears as...
- ruminate about something
- ruminate on something
verb
In animals, to chew the cud.
The cow ruminated its food
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Deep Reflection
Use 'ruminate' to describe intense or profound thought, often done silently and personally.
She sat by the lake, ruminating on her life choices.
Pro Tip 2/3Extended Thinking
'Ruminate' implies that thinking is spread out over time, not just a brief consideration.
I need time to ruminate before making such a significant decision.
Pro Tip 3/3Introspective Use
'Ruminate' is often used when thinking about one's feelings, actions or motivations.
He ruminated on why he reacted so angrily at the meeting.
Pro Tip 1/3Deep Reflection
Use 'ruminate' to describe intense or profound thought, often done silently and personally.
She sat by the lake, ruminating on her life choices.
Pro Tip 2/3Extended Thinking
'Ruminate' implies that thinking is spread out over time, not just a brief consideration.
I need time to ruminate before making such a significant decision.
Pro Tip 3/3Introspective Use
'Ruminate' is often used when thinking about one's feelings, actions or motivations.
He ruminated on why he reacted so angrily at the meeting.
Pro Tip 1/3Deep Reflection
Use 'ruminate' to describe intense or profound thought, often done silently and personally.
She sat by the lake, ruminating on her life choices.
Pro Tip 2/3Extended Thinking
'Ruminate' implies that thinking is spread out over time, not just a brief consideration.
I need time to ruminate before making such a significant decision.
Pro Tip 3/3Introspective Use
'Ruminate' is often used when thinking about one's feelings, actions or motivations.
He ruminated on why he reacted so angrily at the meeting.
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advice beyond and that really is a powerful one is is just please stop give yourself a break and stop trying that can be really helpful because you know otherwise if you're in bed you're stressed and ruminated you're teaching your brain that this thing called the
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that reason that ruminants don't necessarily actually sleep let's just ruminate and get up and feed and then ruminate and get up and feed it's a constant constant battle Harsha between rest and feeding our simple would life be if we were able to eat grass and get
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it's a hundred as I said earlier plus what I won't arch to do I want you to count the females and I will count the males are you with me and then we will see buffaloes any day it's good to see you can see that from ruminating there
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world is now might be enjoying some rumination as well the beasts a part of those animals which are ruminants Rubens I'm talking about the animals which normally goes out for feeding purposes and when the Sun is very hot like this
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How to turn off work...
What if I had spent my entire life pursuing the wrong career? But then I realized, no, I still loved psychology. The problem wasn't the work I did in my office. It was the hours I spent ruminating about work when I was home.
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When technology can read...
but to be able to safely share our information, we need special protections for mental privacy. This is why we need a right to cognitive liberty. This right would secure for us our freedom of thought and rumination,
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How to practice...
treat yourself with the same compassion you would expect from a truly good friend. We have to catch our unhealthy psychological habits and change them. And one of unhealthiest and most common is called rumination.
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The power of women's...
that women report being angrier in more sustained ways and with more intensity than men do. Some of that comes from the fact that we're socialized to ruminate, to keep it to ourselves and mull it over.
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just ruminating I'm not sure could who have existential crises there's the plural of crisis Crisis crisis right both will go with both for what is what is grass what is life why am i ears so
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Safari Live - Day 284 PIPE...
known to be what I said before edge specialist so they like to be on sort of the edge of the thicket sorry about my head they on the edge of the thicket with some open clearing on the outside so they'll spend the night and sort of cooler periods in the open and well when it's hot did that go into the shaded areas and feed on the brows and ruminate
Video examples
Why sleep matters now...
advice beyond and that really is a powerful one is is just please stop give yourself a break and stop trying that can be really helpful because you know otherwise if you're in bed you're stressed and ruminated you're teaching your brain that this thing called the
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 265 PIPE...
that reason that ruminants don't necessarily actually sleep let's just ruminate and get up and feed and then ruminate and get up and feed it's a constant constant battle Harsha between rest and feeding our simple would life be if we were able to eat grass and get
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Safari Live - Day 210 PIPE...
it's a hundred as I said earlier plus what I won't arch to do I want you to count the females and I will count the males are you with me and then we will see buffaloes any day it's good to see you can see that from ruminating there
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Safari Live - Day 214 PIPE...
world is now might be enjoying some rumination as well the beasts a part of those animals which are ruminants Rubens I'm talking about the animals which normally goes out for feeding purposes and when the Sun is very hot like this
Video examples
How to turn off work...
What if I had spent my entire life pursuing the wrong career? But then I realized, no, I still loved psychology. The problem wasn't the work I did in my office. It was the hours I spent ruminating about work when I was home.
Video examples
When technology can read...
but to be able to safely share our information, we need special protections for mental privacy. This is why we need a right to cognitive liberty. This right would secure for us our freedom of thought and rumination,
Video examples
How to practice...
treat yourself with the same compassion you would expect from a truly good friend. We have to catch our unhealthy psychological habits and change them. And one of unhealthiest and most common is called rumination.
Video examples
The power of women's...
that women report being angrier in more sustained ways and with more intensity than men do. Some of that comes from the fact that we're socialized to ruminate, to keep it to ourselves and mull it over.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 300 PIPE...
just ruminating I'm not sure could who have existential crises there's the plural of crisis Crisis crisis right both will go with both for what is what is grass what is life why am i ears so
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Martha Beck
American Author
Self-pity, a dominant characteristic of sociopaths, is also the characteristic that differentiates heroic storytelling from psychological rumination. When you talk about your experiences to shed light, you may feel wrenching pain, grief, anger, or shame. Your audience may pity you, but not because you want them to.
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Walter Dean Myers
American Writer
After so many books and so many years of writing, I have a good idea of my strengths and weaknesses. I love the process of writing and, if I allowed myself, I would write far too much every day. One weakness which I've struggled to overcome is my tendency to having my characters ruminate for pages.
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Myron Rolle
Bahamian Athlete
I spent three weeks lamenting, ruminating and praying because football had been part of my life since age 6. Then I moved on. I'm glad I always had another clear plan. Several of my FSU teammates did not and do not. It's hard to leave a sport that is embedded in you.
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Mohammad Azharuddin
Indian Coach
What has happened has happened. What is done cannot be undone. There is no point in looking back and ruminating over the past. I am a forward-looking man. I want to look ahead; I want to put my past behind me. I want to make my country proud.
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Amy Morin
American Author
Wasting brain power ruminating about things you can't control drains mental energy quickly. The more you think about problems you can't solve, the less energy you'll have leftover for more productive endeavors.
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Jeremy Hardy
British Comedian
Chemistry seems to be pretty much nailed down, and biology gains ground all the time. But physics seems to be mired in idle rumination. They think a Big Bang started the universe, but they don't really know.
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Kamal Haasan
Indian Actor
The most feared thing should be death, but after a lot of rumination, I have settled to fear incessant pain. It is not a 'screaming hysterically' kind of fear but a silently lurking one.
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Maximillian Degenerez
Portuguese Artist
I'd drown in a sea of tears if I lived my life ruminating on the past. I would undoubtedly revise memories to be more joyful that they were, or ever have been.
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Jennifer Haigh
American Novelist
I spent some time, six months or so, ruminating about the characters before I sat down to write 'Faith'.
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Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
German Poet
A critic is a reader who ruminates. Thus, he should have more than one stomach.
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Martha Beck
American Author
Self-pity, a dominant characteristic of sociopaths, is also the characteristic that differentiates heroic storytelling from psychological rumination. When you talk about your experiences to shed light, you may feel wrenching pain, grief, anger, or shame. Your audience may pity you, but not because you want them to.
Quote examples
Walter Dean Myers
American Writer
After so many books and so many years of writing, I have a good idea of my strengths and weaknesses. I love the process of writing and, if I allowed myself, I would write far too much every day. One weakness which I've struggled to overcome is my tendency to having my characters ruminate for pages.
Quote examples
Myron Rolle
Bahamian Athlete
I spent three weeks lamenting, ruminating and praying because football had been part of my life since age 6. Then I moved on. I'm glad I always had another clear plan. Several of my FSU teammates did not and do not. It's hard to leave a sport that is embedded in you.
Quote examples
Mohammad Azharuddin
Indian Coach
What has happened has happened. What is done cannot be undone. There is no point in looking back and ruminating over the past. I am a forward-looking man. I want to look ahead; I want to put my past behind me. I want to make my country proud.
Quote examples
Amy Morin
American Author
Wasting brain power ruminating about things you can't control drains mental energy quickly. The more you think about problems you can't solve, the less energy you'll have leftover for more productive endeavors.
Quote examples
Jeremy Hardy
British Comedian
Chemistry seems to be pretty much nailed down, and biology gains ground all the time. But physics seems to be mired in idle rumination. They think a Big Bang started the universe, but they don't really know.
Quote examples
Kamal Haasan
Indian Actor
The most feared thing should be death, but after a lot of rumination, I have settled to fear incessant pain. It is not a 'screaming hysterically' kind of fear but a silently lurking one.
Quote examples
Maximillian Degenerez
Portuguese Artist
I'd drown in a sea of tears if I lived my life ruminating on the past. I would undoubtedly revise memories to be more joyful that they were, or ever have been.
Quote examples
Jennifer Haigh
American Novelist
I spent some time, six months or so, ruminating about the characters before I sat down to write 'Faith'.
Quote examples
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
German Poet
A critic is a reader who ruminates. Thus, he should have more than one stomach.
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