To chew the cud Meaning, Definition & Usage

Definitions
  1. to ruminate; to meditate; used with of; as, to chew the cud of bitter memories.
Definitions
  1. to chew the food ocer again, as a cow; to ruminate; hence, to meditate.
  2. to ruminate; to meditate; used with of; as, to chew the cud of bitter memories.

Webster 1913