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chew the cud en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. To ruminate (of ruminant animals).
  2. (figuratively, idiomatic, of a person) To meditate or ponder before answering; to be deep in thought; to ruminate.
    • chewed the thrice turned cud of wrath 1847, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page number, or |part=Prologue, I to VII, or conclusion)”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
    • George sat chewing the cud over matters. Unhappy memories. 1963, J P Donleavy, A Singular Man, published 1963 (USA), page 46:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
chewed the cud Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
chewed the cud Tense=Past lexicographic
chewing the cud Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
chews the cud Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

chew the fat

Translations (25)

te నెమరువేయు (literal meaning) · it ruminare (literal meaning) · tr geviş getirmek (literal meaning) · de grübeln (to meditate or ponder before answering) · pl zastanawiać się (to meditate or ponder before answering) · pl przeżuć (literal meaning) · la rūmīnō (literal meaning) · pl pomyśleć (to meditate or ponder before answering) · hu kérődzik (literal meaning) · nv náʼátʼaał (literal meaning) · cs přemítat (to meditate or ponder before answering) · fi märehtiä (to meditate or ponder before answering) · nl herkauwen (literal meaning) · de sinnieren (to meditate or ponder before answering) · fi märehtiä (literal meaning) · uk жува́ти жу́йку (literal meaning) · pl zastanowić się (to meditate or ponder before answering) · pl przeżuwać (literal meaning) · cs přežvykovat (literal meaning) · fr ruminer (to meditate or ponder before answering) · pl myśleć (to meditate or ponder before answering) · fr ruminer (literal meaning) · gd ath-chagainn (literal meaning) · vi nhơi (literal meaning) · de nachdenken (to meditate or ponder before answering)