ruminate about

ruminate about something

and ruminate on something

to ponder and think about something. (Alludes to a cow, relaxing and chewing its cud, as if it is thinking.) He sat, ruminating about the events of the day, humming and eating peanuts. Let me ruminate on this a little bit.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mikhail	mee-khah-EEL (Russian)	Russian, Bulgarian
Armel	-	French
Bailliff	['beilif]
Maudie	MAWD-ee	English
Makvala	-	Georgian
Anton	AHN-tawn (German), ahn-TON (Russian, Ukrainian), AHN-ton (Finnish)	German, Russian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Dutch, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Slovene, Macedo