Associations to the word «Ponder»

Pictures for the word «Ponder»

Wiktionary

PONDER, verb. To wonder, to think of deeply.
PONDER, verb. To consider (something) carefully and thoroughly; to chew over, to mull over.
PONDER, verb. (obsolete) To weigh.

Dictionary definition

PONDER, verb. Reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats