[
US
/ˈdaɪdʒɛst, daɪˈdʒɛst/
]
VERB
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make more concise
condense the contents of a book into a summary -
become assimilated into the body
Protein digests in a few hours -
convert food into absorbable substances
I cannot digest milk products - soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture
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systematize, as by classifying and summarizing
the government digested the entire law into a code - soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture
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arrange and integrate in the mind
I cannot digest all this information -
put up with something or somebody unpleasant
he learned to tolerate the heat
She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage
The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks
I cannot bear his constant criticism
NOUN
- a periodical that summarizes the news
- something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)
How To Use digest In A Sentence
- The difference in the power of the system to absorb different substances, appropriate whatever can be utilized, and throw off whatever can not be used, is sometimes called idiosyncrasy, but more properly it may be called vital resistance, and upon the integrity of this power rests the ability to combat disease in all its forms, whether it be the absorption of any animal virus or the poison resulting from undigested food. Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say
- One of the processes of digestion is to reduce food to a substance which can be absorbed in the bloodstream as sugar.
- Ravel sacrificed something for form, for a vegetable that people must digest before bed.
- By the time the higher elevations are reached, such strange notions as Einsteinian curved space-time and the quantum uncertainty principle, heavy meals indeed, seem not so difficult to digest.
- Too rich a diet will disorder his digestive.
- Intestinal gas is typically caused by the fermentation of undigested food, such as plant fiber, in the colon.
- Fetuin was resistant to a single O-glycosidase digestion due to the fact that its N-linked and O-linked oligosaccharides are sialylated. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
- Comparison of voluntary food and water intake and digestion in Kirk's dik-dik and suni. Chapter 11
- Because it improves digestion but does not heat the body, Amla-Berry is ideal for calming mild to moderate hyperacidity.
- Why it gave me consternation I could not have told; I dare say my inveracities of the day before had failed to digest. The Flower of the Chapdelaines