ponder
/ˈpɑn.dəɹ/ verb B2- To wonder, think of deeply.
- To consider (something) carefully and thoroughly. · I have spent days pondering the meaning of life.
He/she/it ponders · Past pondered · Past participle pondered · -ing form pondering
Verb forms
- Base form
- ponder
- He/she/it
- ponders
- Past
- pondered
- Past participle
- pondered
- -ing form
- pondering
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Rachel, ponder as she might, could make nothing of it and her afternoon’s enjoyment was spoiled.
Anne gave herself up to a silent rapture over the shore road and Marilla guided the sorrel abstractedly while she pondered deeply.
On the way upstairs she pondered uneasily as to what she ought to do.
A CAT caught a Cock, and pondered how he might find a reasonable excuse for eating him.
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