chew the cud

chew the cud

English

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Verb

chew the cud

1. (agriculture) to ruminate (of ruminant animals)
2. (figuratively, idiomatic, of a person) to meditate or ponder before answering; to be deep in thought; to ruminate
   • Tennyson

     chewed the thrice turned cud of wrath

Synonyms

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Translations

literal meaning

Finnish: märehtiä (fi) Hungarian: kérődzik (hu) Latin: rūmīnō Navajo: náʼátʼaał

Scottish Gaelic: ath-chagainn Telugu: నెమరువేయు (te) (nemaruvēyu) Vietnamese: nhơi (vi)

to meditate or ponder before answering

Finnish: märehtiä (fi)

See also

• chew the fat