01 n. The act or process of ruminating, or chewing the cud; the habit of chewing the cud.
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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.” — Arbuthnot.
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The state of being disposed to ruminate or ponder; deliberate meditation or reflection.“Retiring full of rumination sad.” — Thomson.
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The regurgitation of food from the stomach after it has been swallowed, -- occasionally observed as a morbid phenomenon in man.(Physiol.)