abort vs ruminate

abort

noun
  • The function used to abort a process. 

  • An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission. 

  • An event in which a process is aborted. 

verb
  • To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term. 

  • To abandon a mission at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion. 

  • To terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or rocket prematurely. 

  • To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back. 

  • To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely. 

  • To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to cease organic growth before maturation; to become sterile. 

  • To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages. 

  • To terminate a process prior to completion. 

  • To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation. 

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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