ruminate

verbs

chew the cuds
"cows ruminate"
ruminate
is derived from
ruminant
is derived from
rumination
is derived from
rumen
is derived from
ruminant
domain category
any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments
ruminant
is a type of (narrower)
take in solid food
"She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"
eat
reflect deeply on a subject
"I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"
chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate, think over
is derived from
ruminative
is derived from
rumination
is derived from
ruminator