To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytic thinking or discussion.
To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually.
To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.
To inform briefly of the main points of; to bring an idea or proposal to the attention of (especially in order to obtain their opinion of it).
To briefly stop at a location for a particular purpose.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, by.