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rimuginare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • brood noun A group of young animals, especially birds, hatched or raised together.
  • think verb To use one's mind to consider, reason about, or form an opinion.

Senses

rimuginare is used for these senses in English:

  • brood (intransitive) (typically with over, on or about) To dwell upon moodily and at length, mainly alone.
  • hang up (intransitive, idiomatic) To terminate a telephone call, originally by hanging the receiver on its hook or cradle thereby automatically disconnecting the line.
  • think (intransitive) To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.

brood — full definition

  1. noun A group of young animals, especially birds, hatched or raised together.
  2. noun Informal term for the children of one family.
  3. verb Of a bird, to sit on eggs to keep them warm until they hatch.
  4. verb To dwell unhappily on one's thoughts, often alone.

think — full definition

  1. verb To use one's mind to consider, reason about, or form an opinion.
  2. verb To hold an opinion or belief.
  3. verb To remember or call to mind.

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