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n. The act of pondering; meditation.

n. The act or process of chewing cud.

n. The act of ruminating; i.e. chewing cud and other ruminants.

n. Deep thought or consideration.

n. Negative cyclic thinking; persistent and recurrent worrying or brooding.

n. An eating disorder characterized by repetitive regurgitation of small amounts of food from the stomach.

n. The act or process of ruminating, or chewing the cud; the habit of chewing the cud.

n. The state of being disposed to ruminate or ponder; deliberate meditation or reflection.

n. The regurgitation of food from the stomach after it has been swallowed, -- occasionally observed as a morbid phenomenon in man.

n. The act or process of ruminating, or chewing the cud.

n. The act of ruminating or meditating; a musing or continued thinking on a subject; meditation or reflection.

n. (of ruminants) chewing (the cud)

n. a calm, lengthy, intent consideration

n. regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding

"Dwelling on the negative -- which we call "rumination" -- will only make you depressed."

manduction    chewing    chew    mastication    puking    regurgitation    vomiting    vomit    disgorgement    emesis   

rumen    ruminant    ruminator    ruminate   

Alsatian    Americanization    Appalachian    Balkanization    Christianization    Confederation    Corp.    Croatian    Dalmatian    Desegregation   

excogitation    reverie    musings    retrospection    cogitation    dejection    revery    longing