pasture vs ruminate

pasture

verb
  • To graze. 

  • To move animals into a pasture. 

  • To feed, especially on growing grass; to supply grass as food for. 

noun
  • Land, specifically, an open field, on which livestock is kept for feeding. 

  • Ground covered with grass or herbage, used or suitable for the grazing of livestock. 

ruminate

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

  • To meditate or reflect. 

  • To meditate or ponder over; to muse on. 

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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