Definition of ruminates:
(v) :
(intransitive) To meditate or reflect.
(v) :
(transitive) To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.
(v) :
(intransitive) To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
(adj) :
(botany) Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.