moon vs ruminate

moon

verb
  • To gaze at lovingly or in adoration. 

  • To rise in price rapidly or suddenly. 

  • To spend time idly, absent-mindedly. 

  • To display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest. 

  • (usually followed by over or after) To fuss over something adoringly; to be infatuated with someone. 

  • To expose to the rays of the Moon. 

  • To shoot the moon. 

  • To adorn with moons or crescents. 

noun
  • A month, particularly a lunar month. 

  • A representation of the moon, usually as a crescent or as a circle with a face; a crescent-shaped shape, symbol, or object. 

  • A crescent-like outwork in a fortification. 

  • Any natural satellite of a planet. 

  • The thirty-second Lenormand card. 

  • In hearts, the action of taking all the point cards in one hand. 

  • The eighteenth trump/major arcana card of the Tarot. 

ruminate

verb
  • To meditate or reflect. 

  • To meditate or ponder over; to muse on. 

  • To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen. 

adj
  • Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw. 

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