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What does chew the cud mean?

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Verb
  1. (agriculture) to ruminate (of ruminant animals)
  2. (figuratively, idiomatic, of a person) to meditate or ponder before answering; to be deep in thought; to ruminate
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If there be aught of memory in him, let him sit and chew the cud thereof.
Holstein cows are black and white bovines that chew the cud, and chew and chew.
As they chew the cud, rumen development is encouraged and this promotes a lean weanling with a large frame to send to grass.
We swallow and regurgitate over and over again our dissatisfaction, and are aptly said to chew the cud of bitterness.
She turned liquid brown eyes to view him and continued to chew the cud as she watched him pull out a stool and bucket.
They exhibit natural behaviours – they chew the cud, socialise, groom each other.

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