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overdenken — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • digest verb To break food down in the stomach and intestines so the body can absorb its nutrients.
  • mull verb To think something over slowly and carefully, turning it over in your mind.
  • ponder verb To think about something carefully and for a long time.
  • ruminate verb To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
  • think verb To use one's mind to consider, reason about, or form an opinion.

Senses

overdenken is used for these senses in English:

  • digest (transitive) To think over and arrange methodically in the mind; to reduce to a plan or method; to receive in the mind and consider carefully; to get an understanding of; to comprehend.
  • mull (usually with over) To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate.
  • think (intransitive) To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.

digest — full definition

  1. verb To break food down in the stomach and intestines so the body can absorb its nutrients.
  2. verb To think over and fully take in information or an idea.
  3. noun A short summary of longer material, or a periodical made up of such summaries.

mull — full definition

  1. verb To think something over slowly and carefully, turning it over in your mind.
  2. verb To heat a drink such as wine or cider with sugar and spices.
  3. noun A headland or promontory, especially in Scottish place names.

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