ruminar — meaning in English

English meaning

• brood noun A group of young animals, especially birds, hatched or raised together.
• process noun A series of steps or actions that lead to a particular result.
• ruminate verb To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.

Senses

ruminar is used for these senses in English:

• brood (intransitive) (typically with over, on or about) To dwell upon moodily and at length, mainly alone.
• chew over (transitive) To think deeply about; to ponder or mull over.
• process (transitive, figurative) To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.
• ruminate (intransitive) To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.

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.

process — full definition

1. noun A series of steps or actions that lead to a particular result.
2. noun In computing, a running instance of a program.
3. verb To handle or work through something according to a set method, including data or information.

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