märehtiä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- ruminate verb To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
Senses
märehtiä is used for these senses in English:
- chew the cud (figuratively, idiomatic, of a person) To meditate or ponder before answering; to be deep in thought; to ruminate.
- ruminate (intransitive) To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
ruminate — full definition
- verb To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
- verb To meditate or reflect.
- verb To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.