To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
Infinitiveruminate
Past simpleruminated
Past participleruminated
-ing formruminating
Full conjugation of the English verb to ruminate (past simple ruminated,
past participle ruminated):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
ruminate
you
ruminate
he/she/it
ruminates
we
ruminate
you
ruminate
they
ruminate
Present continuous
I
am ruminating
you
are ruminating
he/she/it
is ruminating
we
are ruminating
you
are ruminating
they
are ruminating
Present perfect
I
have ruminated
you
have ruminated
he/she/it
has ruminated
we
have ruminated
you
have ruminated
they
have ruminated
Present perfect continuous
I
have been ruminating
you
have been ruminating
he/she/it
has been ruminating
we
have been ruminating
you
have been ruminating
they
have been ruminating
Past simple
I
ruminated
you
ruminated
he/she/it
ruminated
we
ruminated
you
ruminated
they
ruminated
Past continuous
I
was ruminating
you
were ruminating
he/she/it
was ruminating
we
were ruminating
you
were ruminating
they
were ruminating
Past perfect
I
had ruminated
you
had ruminated
he/she/it
had ruminated
we
had ruminated
you
had ruminated
they
had ruminated
Past perfect continuous
I
had been ruminating
you
had been ruminating
he/she/it
had been ruminating
we
had been ruminating
you
had been ruminating
they
had been ruminating
Future simple
I
will ruminate
you
will ruminate
he/she/it
will ruminate
we
will ruminate
you
will ruminate
they
will ruminate
Future continuous
I
will be ruminating
you
will be ruminating
he/she/it
will be ruminating
we
will be ruminating
you
will be ruminating
they
will be ruminating
Future perfect
I
will have ruminated
you
will have ruminated
he/she/it
will have ruminated
we
will have ruminated
you
will have ruminated
they
will have ruminated
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been ruminating
you
will have been ruminating
he/she/it
will have been ruminating
we
will have been ruminating
you
will have been ruminating
they
will have been ruminating
Conditional
Present
I
would ruminate
you
would ruminate
he/she/it
would ruminate
we
would ruminate
you
would ruminate
they
would ruminate
Present continuous
I
would be ruminating
you
would be ruminating
he/she/it
would be ruminating
we
would be ruminating
you
would be ruminating
they
would be ruminating
Perfect
I
would have ruminated
you
would have ruminated
he/she/it
would have ruminated
we
would have ruminated
you
would have ruminated
they
would have ruminated
Perfect continuous
I
would have been ruminating
you
would have been ruminating
he/she/it
would have been ruminating
we
would have been ruminating
you
would have been ruminating
they
would have been ruminating
Subjunctive
Present
that I
ruminate
that you
ruminate
that he/she/it
ruminate
that we
ruminate
that you
ruminate
that they
ruminate
Past
if I
ruminated
if you
ruminated
if he/she/it
ruminated
if we
ruminated
if you
ruminated
if they
ruminated
Imperative
Affirmative
you
ruminate
we
let's ruminate
Negative
you
don't ruminate
we
let's not ruminate
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to ruminate
Perfect infinitive
to have ruminated
Present participle / gerund
ruminating
Past participle
ruminated
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