v .
to contemplate ; to ponder ; to mull over 심사숙고하다 ; 깊이 생각하다 ; 궁리하다

• Ruminate comes from a Latin word meaning to chew cud. Cows, sheep, and other cud-chewing animals are called ruminants. To ruminate is to quietly chew on or ponder your own thoughts.
• The teacher's comment about the causes of weather set me to ruminating about what a nice day it was and to wishing that I were outside.
  선생님이 날씨의 원인에 관해 설명하자, 나는 날씨가 참 좋다는 생각에 빠져들어 밖으로 나가고 싶어졌다.
• The very old man spent his last days ruminating about death and eating box after box of vanilla wafers.
• An act of ruminating is called rumination. Serge was a very private man ; he kept his ruminations to himself.
  명사형은 rumination. 서지는 상당히 베일에 가려진 사람이었다 ; 그는 속마음을 남에게 드러내지 않았다.