ponder

verb

1. To wonder, think of deeply.
2. To consider (something) carefully and thoroughly.

   “I have spent days pondering the meaning of life.”

   “Ponder the path of thy feet.”

   “[A]lthough thou beeſt blameleſs and unſpotted as to thy outvvard Life and Converſation, ſo that none can ſay, black is thine Eye, as to any groſs Sin; yet knovv, that God pondereth thy Heart, and ranſacketh every Corner of thy Soul, and obſerves the Motions of thoſe very Luſts that vvar vvithin thee, and prevail againſt thee.”

3. (obsolete)To weigh.

noun

1. (colloquial)A period of deep thought.

   “I lit my pipe and had a ponder about it, but reached no definite conclusion.”

name

1. (countable, uncountable)A surname.
2. (countable, uncountable)A ghost town in Ripley County, Missouri, United States.
3. (countable, uncountable)A town in Denton County, Texas, United States.